More Redwoods

Coast Redwoods grow naturally in a narrow 40 mile by 450 mile long coastal strip of land from southern Monterrey County California to southern Oregon. About 5% of the original old growth forest remains. Rehabilitation of logged areas located inside state and national parks and forests is an ongoing effort funded jointly by private donations and state/federal government.

Large burl

Redwood trees are fire resistant. Tannic acid is a chemical infused in their thick and fibrous bark which keeps them safe from most fires. If a fire ever does harm them, they also can re-sprout from burl tissue. Fires have shaped redwood ecosystem for a long time, creating healthy groves of trees.

Rafael and River with a tree that fire destroyed.

Fire damaged this tree’s bark in an interesting pattern.

Hatton Trail view.

Sunset catching just the tops of a bunch of redwoods.

Our favorite Pacific Northwest critter, the banana slug.

We spent almost two weeks exploring various landscapes where redwoods live. Next up for us the Pacific Northwest coast.