About a decade ago, my neighbor David Temprendola ordered 30 sequoia seeds (Sequoiadendron giganteum) from an internet site advertising “Sequoia Tree Seeds for Sale.” He carefully followed the basic ...

The Giant Sequoia trees are the largest living things on earth, because they are among the tallest and are the biggest in width. The Coastal Redwoods of California are taller than the Giant Sequoias.

On a late autumn day, a team of forestry workers spreads out among the burned trunks of giant sequoia trees. The 1,000-year-old trees in the grove are dead but still standing, killed in an extreme ...