Coastal redwood and giant sequoia are not even in the same genus--one is Sequoia, the other Sequoiadendron. At one time they were put in the same genus, but were more recently found to have diverged enough genetically not to warrant that. The giant sequoia has never been used as lumber because the trees cannot be felled without shattering.
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