Are the Genii Sequoia and Alpinia native to America ?
Sequoia (genus) Sequoia is a genus of redwood coniferous trees in the subfamily Sequoioideae of the family Cupressaceae. The only extant species of the genus is "Sequoia sempervirens" in the Northern California coastal forests ecoregion of Northern California and Southwestern Oregon in the United States. The two other genera, "Sequoiadendron" and "Metasequoia", in the subfamily Sequoioideae are closely related to "Sequoia". It includes the largest trees in the world.
Sagebrush Sagebrush is the common name of several woody and herbaceous species of plants in the genus "Artemisia". The best known sagebrush is the shrub "Artemisia tridentata". Sagebrushes are native to the North American west.