A Forest of Giant Sequoias Is Growing in Detroit
Most giant redwood live in California ’s Sierra Nevada , a raft range squeeze between Fresno , Lake Tahoe , and theDeath Valleydesert . Now , the iconic tree can also be see in Detroit . The world’smost massivetree species , giant sequoias ( Sequoiadendron giganteum ) evolved during the late Mesozoic from plants that were found throughout the Northern Hemisphere . They can spring up up to 300 feet grandiloquent , live for more than 3000 years , and are conceive to benamedforSequoyah , a Cherokee scholar who codified awriting systemfor the Cherokee language in the early 19th 100 ....