Iyo redwood yekuCalifornia yakasarudzwa kuti ive yepamutemo State Tree yeCalifornia neHurumende Legislature muna 1937. Yakangowanikwa muNorthern Hemisphere yose, redwoods inowanikwa chete paPacific Coast. Miti mirefu nemiti mirefu yakawanda inochengetedzwa mumapaki enyika nemasango. Iko kune magenera maviri eCalifornia redwood: mahombekombe redwood (sequoia sempervirens) uye giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum).
Mhenderekedzo yeredwoods ndiyo miti mirefu kwazvo pasi rose; imwe inosvika pamusoro pe 379 tsoka kureba inokura muRedwood National uye State Parks.
Imwe giant sequoia, General Sherman Tree muSequoia & Kings Canyon National Park, inopfuura mamita 274 kureba uye kupfuura mamita 102 mukutenderera pachigadziko chayo; unofungidzirwa zvakanyanya kuva muti mukurusa pasi rose muhuwandu hwese.