It is often confused with the native Bogen, which has short, dark, straight stems and white fruit.īogens are often confused to the native Redwood, which is more widely distributed. It has short stems, dark red fruit, and can be easily distinguished from other Bogens by its long leaves, black bark, and white flowers. The Bogen tree has many similarities to the Bogon, or other Bogen trees.
In New Zealand, it was known as the Red-Tree, and in other parts of the world it was called the Redwoods.
Redwoods were commonly grown in New England, and many of the native people were referred to as bogen.īogen was a widely used term for this redwood in the early 1700s, and it remained so for over a century. The term is derived from the Spanish word bogen, meaning red, redwood, or red-wood, and was adopted by the Dutch and English explorers who first arrived in New Zealand around 1600. In fact, the English language has an old and widely used name for this species: the Bogen-Sparr. Bogen Sapling Clock (bogen saplice) is an English name for the Redwood tree, but many people believe that the name derives from a Spanish word, meaning “tree” or “tree-borer”.
