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Redwood

Redwood is a name used for several species of trees with red or reddish coloured wood; see each species for individual details. It is also used as a place name on its own or in combination, sometimes for places associated with redwood trees but not always.
* Family Cupressaceae (conifers)
** Sequoia sempervirens - Coast Redwood
** Sequoiadendron giganteum - Giant Sequoia or Sierra Redwood
** Metasequoia glyptostroboides - Dawn Redwood
* Family Pinaceae (conifers)
** The wood of Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris) is sometimes called 'redwood' in the timber trade.
* Family Fabaceae (broadleaf)
** Caesalpinia sappan - East Indian Redwood, or Sapanwood tree (first called "brezel wood" in Europe)
** Caesalpinia echinata - South American Redwood, or Brazilwood tree

Coast Redwood at the Muir Woods National Monument

*Place names::Parks:
**Redwood National and State Parks, National Park in California
**Muir Woods National Monument -- old-growth redwood park in California, sometimes meant when referring to "the redwoods" in California

Towns and areas:
**Redwood, New Zealand
**Redwood, New York
**Redwood, Oregon
**Redwood (Ottawa)
**Redwood, Texas
**Redwood City, California
**Redwood County, Minnesota
**Redwood Falls, Minnesota
**Redwood Falls Township, Minnesota
**Redwood Shores, California

Roads:
**Redwood Road is a major arterial in Salt Lake County, Utah
*Redwood Close is a road in Keighley, England
*Lore
**The term "widow maker" is often used to refer to the falling branches of the redwood tree as during the rainy season these branches tend to fall due to excess water weight and have taken the lives of many lumberjacks.



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