Giant Sequoia Coast Redwood Dawn Redwood Unknown Mapped

Basildon

Essex, England

Community source evidence records redwoods at Basildon, Essex. Recorded species include Coast Redwood, Dawn Redwood, Giant Sequoia.

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11 May 2026
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Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)

Present. Native to the Sierra Nevada mountains of California, giant sequoias were introduced to Britain in the 1850s during the Victorian plant-collecting era. They are the world's most massive trees by volume

Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

Present. The tallest trees on Earth, coast redwoods can exceed 100 metres in their native California. Less common in Britain than giant sequoias, they prefer sheltered, moist locations and can still reach impr

Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)

Present. A deciduous conifer thought to be extinct until rediscovered in a remote Chinese province in 1941. Seeds were distributed to botanical gardens worldwide in the late 1940s. Unlike its evergreen relativ

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