Sequoiadendron


Sequoiadendron is a genus of evergreen trees, with three species, only one of which survives to the present:Sequoiadendron giganteum, extant, commonly known as wellingtonia, giant redwood and giant sequoia, growing naturally in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California

Fossil record

file:Sequoiadendron chaneyi.jpg|thumb|left|upright| Sequoiadendron chaneyi foliage fossil, Nevada, United States
Sequoiadendron fossil pollen and macrofossils may have been found as early as the Late Cretaceous and throughout the Northern Hemisphere, including locations in western Georgia in the Caucasus region.