Big things come in little packages. Sugar Pines are huge trees and have huge cones, but Sequoias are the largest trees in the world and have cones that are relatively small. These are Sequoia cones and are about an inch across. The seeds are only the size of a flake of oatmeal. At any one time, a Giant Sequoia may have as many as 11,000 or more cones and can produce from 300,000 to 400,000 seeds a year. It is probably amazing that the whole world isn't covered by Giant Sequoias, but they only grow in very limited areas of California.
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