The California redwood adasankhidwa kukhala State Tree of California ndi State Legislature mu 1937. Kamodzi kofala ku Northern Hemisphere, redwoods amapezeka ku Pacific Coast kokha. Mitengo yambiri ya mitengo italiitali yasungidwa m'malo osungira nyama ndi m'nkhalango za boma ndi mayiko. Pali mitundu iwiri ya California redwood: redwood ya m'mphepete mwa nyanja (Masewera a Sequoia) ndi giant sequoia (Zotsatira za sequoiadendron).
Redwoods m'mphepete mwa nyanja ndi mitengo yayitali kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi; imodzi yotalika mamita 379 imakula ku Redwood National ndi State Parks.
Sequoia imodzi yaikulu, General Sherman Tree ku Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, ndi yoposa mamita 274 m'litali ndi mamita oposa 102 m'kati mwake; umalingaliridwa mofala kukhala mtengo waukulu kwambiri padziko lonse pamlingo wonse.