California has the largest number of endemic plants than any other state – plantsthatarenative here and nowhereelse. It has the tallest tree in the world, the oldest tree in the world and the most massive tree in the world.
TREES:
California Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)The tallest tree in the world is 379′ tall. In thelandscape you can plan for 20′ in 10 years and 40′ in 20 years. It is a tough landscape tree but hard to grow plants under. These trees at Dawn Gardens are growing with only 2 or 3 emitters and are 10 years old.Giant Sequoia, Big Tree, Sierra Redwood (Sequoiadendron giganteum). The most massive tree in the world. The General Sherman tree in Kings County has a trunk circumference of 79′.
Bristlecone Pine (Pinus aristata) The oldest plant in the world is a Bristlecone Pine. It is over 4000 years old determined by trunk cores. It has 5 needles in a bundle and it is common to have spots of pitch on the needles. In thegardendon’t give it any water.
Digger Pine (Pinus sabiniana)
3 needles per bundle
See post of 8/25/19 “Largest Digger Pine”
Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa) 3 needles per bundle
Madrone (Arbutus menziesii)
Interior Live Oak (Quercus wizlizenii)
Black Oak (Quercus kelloggii)
Photo taken during Northern Californiafires of 2020.