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Coast Redwood sometimes offers this wonderful curly figure. The tree Sequoia sempervirens is the tallest tree in
North America, reaching heights of 350 feet. The Giant Sequoia is much more massive, with a base trunk diameter of
up to 36 feet, while the Coast Redwood is somewhat more slender with a diameter of up to 16 feet. Coast Redwood
can reach an age of 2,000 years. Fast-growing, a Coast Redwood can reach 130 feet in only 30 years.
There are about 90,000 acres of pre-settlement Coast Redwoods standing in the northern coast of California and southern Oregon,
where the climate is mild and the dense fog provides the moisture these giants need.
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