The colossal California Redwood, last living species in the genus Sequoia. They can reach upwards of 85m (280ft) and can live hundreds or even thousands of years.
🔥The colossal California Redwood, last living species in the genus Sequoia. They can reach upwards of 85m (280ft) and can live hundreds or even thousands of years.
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There are some things you see in life that are outside your brain’s ability to comprehend quickly. These trees are one of them. Go see them if you get a chance. I almost skipped them because “they’re just trees” and I didn’t have a lot of time. So glad I didn’t.
It’s a damn shame there used to be so many more of these, and perhaps the tallest trees ever were cut in the 19th Century. All the loggers posed beside pictures of fallen monsters and the people having parties on the stumps of giants are rather painful to see.
It’s worth traveling to see these. Pictures and video give you an idea, but until you’re there you can’t completely appreciate the scale. They’re truly a wonder.
The California Redwood is from the family Sequoia. The Giant Sequoia is from the family Sequoiadendron.
Bucket list item is to see these beauty’s.
Within a century of their introduction into the UK, redwoods were the tallest trees in every county in England.
They are very impressive trees.
That’s a giant sequoia, not a coastal redwood
https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2012/12/13/167163801/one-photo-126-frames-2-billion-leaves-247-feet
This is a giant sequoia (sierra redwood), they don’t get as tall as a coastal redwood (sequoia sempervirens). But they’re more girthy and larger by mass. The one pictured in that link is estimated to be 3200+ years old so it would’ve sprouted around the year 1175 bc. It’s absolutely insane to think about how old and big they are. It’s also sad to think that 95% of the old growth redwoods were cut down or removed for development… I would’ve loved to see them before they were cut down.
You feel very insignificant in that Forest👏🏻
That’s massive
If I’m not mistaken, we have one here in Michigan of all places. I think it was transplanted here in maybe the 20s or 30s?
It felt quite special seeing these trees in the flesh (bark). Fascinating creation of nature.
We traveled out to the Monterey Bay area last year and visited the Redwood forest. Very impressive trees. https://youtu.be/VJCEG8JpW_U?si=aghZr8utDe4cQhI4&t=57
There’s a highway expansion proposal in Humboldt County, Richardson Grove State Park that wants to remove a few dozen of these
Word to those wiser than I. If you visit the redwoods in Marin, you have to reserve a parking spot ahead of time. The closest place to park is about 3 miles away. Entirely uphill.
The Howard Shore Eleven theme just adds a piece of longevity to this video that gives me goosebumps. Shivers.
Highly recommend seeing them before they’re gone. It’s just mind-boggling to be under them. As others have said, they’re almost other-worldly, absolutely fascinating and unimaginably gorgeous.
If you get a chance go camping out near Big Sur, California. There are a ton of camp grounds in the area with spots where you literally sleep right under these trees. The last time I was out there my camp site was right next to a creek and you could hear the waves breaking on the beach all night. It was probably the best night I’ve ever had while camping, until my dog took a shit in the tent before anyone was up.
Ummm, no, actually they can definitely grow to 380-400+ feet.
We just cut them all down so tall ones are so statistically rare the numbers are skewed.
In times of less scientific literary people believed larger trees in the Forrest were parasites preventing other trees growing (I’m guessing this was projection) so they cut them down so other trees would grow better. But it failed, it seems millions of years of evolution has developed Forrest’s where everything grows together.
To think that west coast was covered with these giant trees a long time ago before people started to chop them down. A cobtractir told me there’s a house in Newport Beach and the MFer spent more than 10 grand to replace two 12″ by 12″ panel for his Sequoia tree wood floor. When he first got the floor done it was before the ban, so I guess if you have too much money you don’t care about what’s important except yourself.Â
You can get saplings for these online and plant them, they just won’t get as massive as they do on the CA coast due to environmental differences.
Absolute units
Is there only one? Sorry if it’s a stupid question.
Not the only Sequoia
The redwood forest is something that is mind-boggling. You feel so…infinitesimal.
One word comes to mind: majestic
Wow, hope to visit next summer
Location?
Gorgeous scenic view