Wandering Lizard |
|
An online magazine with information related to attractions, lodging, dining,
|
|
Redwoods
|
||||||||
At one time in the distant past redwood forests covered much of the West Coast. Today two types of redwood trees survive in a narrow band in the Sierra Mountains and along the coast from Tulare County, California, in the south to Curry County, Oregon, in the north. The most dramatic examples of the Seqouia gigantea are found in Sequoia, Kings, and Yosemite Parks. The most dramatic of the Sequoia sempervirons are to be found in the Redwood Empire, but there are many other small isolated groves being preserved throughout the coastal region. |
||||||||
 |
 |
 |
||||||
 |
 |
 |
||||||
Armstrong Woods State Reserve
|
King's Canyon National Park
|
|||||||
 |
 |
 |
||||||
 |
 |
 |
||||||
Both the Sequoia gigantea and the Sequuoia sempervirons are called redwoods but you will also hear the term "Big Trees." Generally speaking the Sequoia gigantea are usually the ones that folks call "Big Trees." These giants are the ones found in the Sierra Mountains. They are not as tall as their Seqouia sempervirons cousins along the coast but their trunks are wider and thus they have more mass than the coastal redwood. The General Sherman Tree in Sequoia National Park is classified as the biggest tree in the world. The tallest trees in the world are located in the Tall Tree Grove just outside of Orick, California. (See links above.) |
||||||||
"I think that I shall never see
|
||||||||
Joyce Kilmer |
||||||||
Wandering Lizard Home
|
|