Giant Sequoias in Britain

 

Interesting fact. In 2024, a study found that there is more redwoods growing in Britain, where they were only introduced in 1853, than in their native range of the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. It estimated that there is 500,000 Giant Sequoias and Coastal Redwoods growing in Britain, compared to 80,000 trees in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

The big difference is that the trees in the USA are much older and larger than the British Redwoods, which are all less than 200 years old. However, as you can see from the photo, despite their youth, compared to the ancient American giants, they are already very large trees.