The three redwood subfamily genera are Sequoia from coastal California and Oregon, Sequoiadendron from California's Sierra Nevada, and Metasequoia in China. The redwood species contains the largest and tallest trees in the world.
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The Coast Redwood grows only within the summer fog belt of California and southwestern Oregon. There are three small groves in Oregon; the others occur along the coast of California.
North Coast, Humboldt County, CaliforniaJust south, this California coastal area is often called Redwood Country thanks to its thriving forests. The area is home to 45 percent of the remaining old-growth redwoods in California, and Redwood National and State Parks shelters some of the tallest trees on Earth.
1: Redwoods Only Grow on the Northern Pacific CoastSlowly, over time, climate change and coastal rain patterns limited redwood forests' range to their current boundaries. If you travel inland more than twenty-five miles inland the redwoods start to thin out.
The Coastal Redwoods are the tallest trees in the world and are certainly amazing to see. However, I would still consider Sequoia the more impressive of the two parks. Sequoia trees are almost as tall as the Coastal Redwoods, but are much larger in width.
The tallest tree currently living is a specimen of Sequoia sempervirens in Redwood National Park in California, USA. Nicknamed Hyperion, the coast redwood was discovered by Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor (both USA) on 25 August 2006 and its precise location is kept a closely guarded secret to try and protect it.
As its nickname suggests, giant or coastal redwoods thrive in the moist, humid climate of the Northern California coast, where marine fog delivers precise conditions necessary for its growth. The fog adds moisture to the soil and helps trap it there by lowering the rate of evaporation.
Only 5% of Redwoods are LeftBecause redwoods are extremely resistant to insects, fire and rot, they are treasured for building and 95% of them have been cut down since the 1850s 26.