<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Sequoiadendron giganteum</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>giant sequoia</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>Sequoiadendron</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>California big tree</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Sierran redwood</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>Wellingtonia</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>big tree</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>giant redwood</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>giant sequoia</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>sierra redwood</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Species of enormous tree, living for hundreds or thousands of years, found in California and Oregon, United States, in scattered groves on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Range at elevations 900-2,600 m (3,000-8,500 feet). It is the only living species of its genus. ]]></note></mads>