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Taxodiaceae

The Taxodiaceae are a family of trees that include some of the most massive and some of the tallest of all living things. They include some of the most emotive of all trees including the Swamp cypress of the Everglades, Giant redwood and Coast redwood of California's coastal forests.

Genera include the following:

Taxodium
Metasequoia
Sequoia
Sequoiadendron

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