Details for: NA 41701, Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl., 'Los Altos'


Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl.
Cultivar:
'Los Altos'
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
11 Nov 1977
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl.
Cultivar:
'Los Altos'
Origin:
–
Maintained:
National Arboretum
Received by NPGS:
11 Nov 1977
Improvement Status:
Cultivar
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Source History
Accession Names and Identifiers
'Los Altos'
Type: Cultivar name

NA 41701
Type: Site identifier
Group: NA
U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative
Full name as recorded at U.S. National Arboretum: Sequoia sempervirens 'Los Altos'. Green selection made and introduced by Saratoga. A tree with luxuriant intensely rich-green foliage, distinctly glossy or waxy, the color persisting through the winter. Needles are abundant, broad, in two flat ranks along the stems. New foliage is soft, a glossy lighter green in pleasing contrast. Growth is symmetrical, strong, and vigorous with horizontal branches, the smaller branches weeping. Selected and introduced by the Saratoga Hort. Foundation. Source to Dr. Meyer: Re-label the new plants which are presently labelled Sequoia sempervirens 'Los Altos'.
Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl.
Genus:
Sequoia
Family:
Cupressaceae
Nomen number:

33710
Place of publication:

Syn. conif. 198. 1847
Verified:
03/23/1993 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Taxodium sempervirens D. Don

Autonym(s)
Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl. f. sempervirens

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl. f. pendula (Rovelli) Rehder

Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishCalifornia redwood  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Englishcoast redwood  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Englishcoastal redwood  1Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
Englishredwood  1Little, E. L., Jr. 1979. Checklist of United States trees, Agric. Handb. 541
Frenchséquoia toujours vert  2Demilly, D. et al. 2001. Liste alphabétique des principales espèces de plantes cultivées et de mauvaises herbes. Noms latins et noms français, ed. 7 GEVES-SNES, Beaucouzé, France.
Italiansequoia semperverde  2International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Swedishamerikansk sekvoja  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Transcribed Chinesebei mei hong shan  2Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
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