Redwoods are growing almost as fast in the UK as their Californian cousins
Redwoods are growing almost as fast in the UK as their Californian cousins
New study finds that giant sequoias add 70 cm of height and store 160 kg of carbon per year.
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neato burrito! I wasn't aware that redwoods existed outside of California
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There are also redwoods in New Zealand. Redwoods Forest, Whakarewarewa
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cool! im happy they are more prevalent. those are some cool trees
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They're mostly planted outside of CA but they can survive and thrive in many places!
It's really interesting how tiny the native range of certain species of plants are, I have a Port Orford cedar in my yard that only natively grows on the coast right at the border of Oregon and California.
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China has their own flavor of sequoias too.
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cool!
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The dawn redwood or metasequoia glyptostroboides, the only deciduous variety of redwood is super cool and they're so pretty!
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Yes they are! I live among them and they're awesome.
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I'm pretty sure you can grow them in michigan too - they just won't get very tall.
There's also the "Dawn Redwood", thought extinct and discovered in China in 1940s, that is now planted all over the US.
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We have a few redwood forests in my state in Australia.
And you have our Eucalyptus in your state.
Fair trade I say.
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There's a rare phoenix sequoia that I know of.
Seeds have been bought back from America and cultivated on large private estates.
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