The mighty British redwood....

[Goonie]

Just joking, but I did not realise the UK had over 6 times more sequoia than California, 500000 compared to 80000.

Hidden giants: how the UK’s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shade

Researchers found that the Victorians brought so many seeds and saplings to Britain that the trees now outnumber those in their US homeland

www.theguardian.com

 

[jacks]

I never knew the UK had Redwoods. Though apparently there are numerous places they grow outside their natural range.
HERE

 

[essentialsaltes]

That's fantastic!

Here in Southern California (the redwood's natural range is only north of here), there's a stand of redwoods in a park that has an unusual history:

A local bank was handing out seeds for Coastal Redwood trees if you opened an account with them, after that promotion ended, they had about 300 extra seeds remaining. Those seeds were planted at Carbon Canyon in 1975 when the park was created. Since the area doesn't have enough precipitation for these to thrive in, a drip watering system was put in. Just over 200 of these trees remain and some of them now reach 100 ft. tall which is about 1/3 of the height of those in Central California.

 

[Goonie]

What is interesting is that none of them have reached maturity, and the 500,000 are the result of the Victorians and later planting them. None so far have propagated naturally yet.