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Sequoiadendron giganteum


Wellingtonia, Giant Sequoia



Aras an Uachtarain, Phoenix Park, Co. Dublin


Situation: Individual Tree
Planting date: 1963
Visited and photographed on: 19/10/2010
Height: 5 m Girth: 0.98 m

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Inexplicable slow growth for a sequoia planted by president John F Kennedy during his state visit in 1963.