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This was carved out of a redwood tree by Charles Kellog“Avenue of the Giants” Redwood Forest is not one of the outstanding things we’ve seen, but we found it interesting never the less. They say redwoods now only grow naturally in a narrow 40 mile wide by 450 mile long coastal strip from southern Oregon to southern Monterey country in California. The trees are so immense that they grow in three climatic zones at once. The base is in one zone, the stem in another, and the crown in yet another. The base is in a semi shaded, moist environment. The tops of the trees can be experiencing very dry and windy conditions. They need a great deal of moisture so the 65” a year average rainfall plus the summer fog moderate the climate. The trees actually create their own microclimate thru the transpiration of moisture from the leaves to the atmosphere. Now GET THIS! A very large redwood can release up to 500 gallons of water into the air per day. We found the forest to be quite tropical, with many different plants growing. The leading cause of death to redwoods is high wind, and once they are down they will naturally start to decay. In the process many new
life forms use their host to start growing, even new redwood shoots start to grow from the downed tree. This temperate rainforest has seven times the biomass (living and dead organic material) of that found in a tropical rainforest. It is estimated that there are over 1700 species of plants and animals that depend on a tree during its life span. There are animals and birds using the tops of the trees that never come to the ground but spend their life at the top because it provides all that they need to live. One tree, called the “Dyerville Giant,” fell in March of 1991. After it fell it was measured at 370’ tall. That’s 2’ taller than Niagara Falls or = to a 30’ building. It was 17’ in diameter and 52’ in circumference and weighs (they estimate) over 1 million pounds. As a woodturner I was amazed at the burls that I saw on the trees. Not only did we see a burl surrounding a tree about 100’ off the ground, but learned that burl is at the base of the trees and provides all the nutrients new seed need to grow, thus you often find a mass
Putting out fire
Enlarge this to read how Charles Kellog could put out fire by making high pitches. of redwood growth surrounding the base of a redwood. Sooooo, while not amazing in sight it was an educational visit, and we learned more about our redwood forest and what it adds to our environment. We’ll leave tomorrow for miles of twisting roads that will lead us to Crater Lake. Enjoy the photos…….
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