sequoia

• Jack Williamson, a writer, critic, and teacher and a warm-hearted, loving, and beloved human being, who lived on with unending creativity and unimpaired intellect from the early years of the twentieth century to the early years of the twenty-first, seemingly as ageless as a sequoia, has turned out to be mortal after all. —  Magazine - Asimov's Science Fiction - 2007 - Issue 03 - March
• The sequoia was host to a family of fire-backed eagles and several million carpenter ants. —  The Many-Coloured Land -- Julian May
• It is unintuitive, even for scientists, to accept that our species, which is unique in so many ways, has the same origins as a shark or a sequoia. —  The Harvard Crimson :: News
• Medium sized trees usually don't exceed 15-20 feet and tall trees can break into the stratosphere like the sequoia —  Gardening Tips 'n' Ideas
• Then occurred to Godfrey the idea of constructing a poultry-house in some other sequoia, as, to keep them out of the common room, he was building up a hurdle of brushwood. —  Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery

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