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.
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.