The coast redwood, the world's largest tree is one of three redwood trees, along with the giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) and Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). The coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) grows in natural stands in a long, thin coastal strip along the Pacific Ocean in the west and northwest of the USA (especially California). It is the tallest tree in the world.
can grow with its relatively slim silhouette of this tree as much as 20 meters higher than the tallest redwoods, which are still the largest trees in the world, when the volume of the hull. The largest known living tree named Hyperion, is 115.55 m or 379.1 m (measured in 2006) high! This approach, 120 to 130 m, that after a 2004 biological study, the maximum attainable height is a tree.
Foggy coastal forests of the Pacific:
Throughout the year, it rains a lot in this thin coastal strip and it is very foggy most of the time. In this way the tree can absorb enough water and not suffer that much from evaporation stress. Most of the tallest trees in the humid river valleys on fertile, alluvial soil to find, although unexpectedly appeared a few recently discovered record trees growing on the valley slopes. The coast redwood forests have a rich undergrowth (including, it is a lot of ferns). However, provided the greatest diversity of species can be dozens of meters: different types of plants, lichens, salamanders, ... live high in the sky between the complex systems branch of the mammoth trees. Prof. Steve Sillett, these studies Redwood canopies, compares them with "hanging gardens".
They get an idea of the size of these mammoth trees: The images above show some of these trees. On the left is the "Del Norte Titan" in the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California (© Bob Van Pelt). Observe the people in the lower left corner. The tree on the right side is called "Screaming Titans," Jedediah Smith Redwoods also in State Park
The Del Norte Titan has a height of 93.6 m and a trunk circumference at breast height of 22.7 m. He is definitely not the highest coastal redwood or the thickest, but has the second largest boot volume ("The Lost Monarch" is in the first, depending on the definition of a single "tree"). However, he is in the volume of the Sequoias (Sequoiadendron), of which about fifteen samples a larger volume of "General Sherman" on top of the list have outperformed.
At first glance, the needles of coast redwood not resemble those of giant sequoia: they are large and flat, similar to that of a yew tree. The crown is like a redwood of the conical, with an almost equally large trunk with a red-brown, smooth bark. The egg-shaped cones are small (2 to 3 cm). In contrast to most other conifers, the coast redwood starts to grow again after it cut. The maximum age is probably around 2500 years.
Strongly threatened by logging companies
This fast growing tree is just trunks and wood quality is excellent, which in serious out - and ongoing - loggers. The wood of Sequoia sempervirens was and is described in detail in construction. About 96% of the original redwood forests have been logged and the logging continues, however. Fortunately, most of the few remaining stands are preserved in the National and State Parks, which are probably essential for the long-term conservation of these species.
The forests outside the park (with many trees over a thousand years old) are still "managed commercially ".... This is source of constant protests, like the famous action of the employee Julia Butterfly Hill (photo). For over two years she lived in the canopy of a coastal redwood named "Luna", which does not keep the old tree growth registered by the Pacific Lumber Company, and for sustainable forest management instead of clear-cutting entire forests (which has devastating effects on supplicate the natural balance and causing extreme soil erosion). Finally, she succeeded: As a result of the massive press coverage (and the attention for the old trees clear cuttings brought it with him) "Luna" and some other redwoods were saved from the chain saw. What is remarkable for a woman!
It is very likely that without measures such as these and protests by organizations like Save the Redwoods League, "" Sempervirens Fund "," Sierra Club "and others, there would be no remaining ancient redwood forests. These organizations receive their money from gifts and donations to buy privaty property to them on the State Parks and National Parks.
The following pictures were taken by Nick Sabadosh in the foggy redwood forest near Crescent City, California is a used here with permission [6]. This holiday photos show samples of Sequoia sempervirens in their natural habitat, the misty forests near the Pacific Ocean.
the scenes with the Ewoks in the Star Wars films were shot in these woods, as well as several parts of the Jurassic Park films: Because of the dramatic atmosphere of these forests were used as a backdrop in movies was. For the last films of this election is not very illogical: During the Cretaceous, the period was up for the North American dinosaurs, these forests are found throughout the continent.
These trees (especially young) are very sensitive to winter frost and not grow well on the east side of the Rocky Mountains and in most parts of Europe. Biggest limiting factor is drought: it's just not wet enough. In the wettest parts of Europe, in England and Wales, this is already planted redwoods up to 45 meters and more are en seed.
The visit itself?
Most of the groves in the coastal region of California. The largest populations are in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park (Del Norte County), Redwood National Park and Humboldt Redwoods State Park (Humboldt County).
The grove is the most visited stands at Muir Woods National Monument, one of the last remaining in the immediate San Francisco Bay Area.
The highest tree in the world
Hyperion, the world's tallest living tree is a coast redwood and is not less than 379.1 ft (115.55 m) high!
This huge tree was discovered in August 2006 in a remote part of the Redwood National Park, California.
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