Are the Genii Sequoia and Alpinia native to America ?
Alpinia Alpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is named for Prospero Alpini, a 17th-century Italian botanist who specialized in exotic plants. Species are native to Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Islands, where they occur in tropical and subtropical climates. Several species are cultivated as ornamental plants. Species of the genus are known generally as shell ginger.
Calicium sequoiae Calicium sequoiae is a crustose lichen that has only been found growing on old-growth redwood trees in California. It is a species of stubble lichen (pin lichen, (genus Calicium) in the Caliciaceae family. Apothecia are white-powder coated (pruinose). The unusual spores have spiral ridges.