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The natural distribution of giant sequoias is restricted to a limited area of the western Sierra Nevada, California.

They occur in scattered groves, with a total of 68 groves ( see list of sequoia groves for a full inventory ), comprising a total area of only.

Nowhere does it grow in pure stands, although in a few small areas, stands do approach a pure condition.

The northern two-thirds of its range, from the American River in Placer County southward to the Kings River, has only eight disjunct groves.

The remaining southern groves are concentrated between the Kings River and the Deer Creek Grove in southern Tulare County.

Groves range in size from with 20, 000 mature trees, to small groves with only six living trees.

Many are protected in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks and Giant Sequoia National Monument.