I remember walking through that tiny park reading the usual signs when I read the Palo Alto one. Its very unassuming and I was so surprised I had to look it up and verify I had it right.
http://identity.stanford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/SU_N...
All the same derivation.
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-unlikely-survi...
My first "real" job out of University had me pinball around the continental US, which eventually lead me to California.
When I drove down from Washington [state], I passed through a grove of Redwoods. Having never been to California and never seen live and in person Redwood trees before, I took a few minutes to pull over and chill.
Clearly an experience I still remember.
The giant sequoia is sequoiadendron giganteum.
So depending on how you look at it, either species is or ain’t a sequoia or vice versa or both.
"The "Tree" is representative of El Palo Alto, the tree that appears on both the official seal of the University and the municipal seal of Palo Alto, Stanford's nearby city."
I believe we are talking about two different things, because I'm only clarifying the current meaning of the word.
