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about 367.8 feet, but the tallest redwood tree in the world reaches up to 378 ft in height and 23ft diameter at the base
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The term redwood covers a number of trees within the Cupressaceae family. Redwood generally refers to one of several species of tree with red or reddish colored wood: Family Cupressaceae (conifers) Sequoia sempervirens - Coast Redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum - Giant Sequoia or Sierra Redwood Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood Cryptomeria japonica - Sugi Family Pinaceae (conifers) The wood of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) is sometimes called 'redwood' in the timber trade. Family Fabaceae (broadleaf) Caesalpinia sappan - East Indian Redwood, or Sapanwood tree (first called "brezel wood" in Europe) Caesalpinia echinata - South American Redwood, or Brazilwood tree Family Sterculiaceae (broadleaf) Trochetiopsis erythroxylon - St Helena Redwood I think, however, you are referring to the Giant Redwoods/Sequoias, which grow to an average height of 50-85 m (150-280 ft) and 5-7 m (16-23 ft) in diameter. Record trees have been reported to be 93.6 m (307 ft) in height and 8.85 m (29 ft) in diameter.. Here is what Wikipedia says in general about the Cupressacae: The Cupressaceae or cypress family is a conifer family with worldwide distribution. The family includes 27 to 30 genera (17 monotypic) with about 130-140 species. They are monoecious, subdioecious or (rarely) dioecious trees and shrubs from 1-116 m (3-379 ft) tall. The bark of mature trees is commonly orange- to red- brown and of stringy texture, often flaking or peeling in vertical strips, but smooth, scaly or hard and square-cracked in some species.
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