Coast Redwoods & Towering Old Growth - 1357

[mdvaden]

A couple of weeks ago I learned all the measurements for the coast redwood below, first shared in 2014. In the USA, champion trees get a point for each inch of circumference, foot of height and 1/4 crown spread. This added 1357 points, exceeding the 1321 points of the General Sherman giant sequoia. With that, and 2017 upon us, I'm starting this fresh coast redwood forest thread for photos. The previous thread was Old Redwood Thread. For more info about the redwood below, it's page is:

 

1357 Point Coast Redwood Discovery

 

[mdvaden]

January 2015 to January 2017, I think this is my favorite redwood, named "Darth Vader" for reference. Redwood National and State Parks.

 

[mdvaden]

Leatherleaf fern, Polypodium, usually grows on the redwoods. Much different looking than sword ferns which usually grow on the ground.

 

[eggsarascal]

Are these the same trees that you were trying to get some sort of crowd funding for a while back?

[mdvaden]

Are these the same trees that you were trying to get some sort of crowd funding for a while back?

 

No, the two above are in other locations, found the past few years.

[eggsarascal]

No, the two above are in other locations, found the past few years.

 

Are they as endangered as the other trees?

Edited February 18, 2017 by eggsarascal

[mdvaden]

Are they as endangered as the other trees?

No comparison. It's a day and night difference. The ones I posted for example - only a handful of people know about one and don't return after the time it was measured. And the other one I found on my own in January.

[wicklamulla]

lawdy lawdy thas some stick right there mdvaden. gr8 perspective in those pics with you and the girl stood next to them.

[markieg31]

 

Some cracking sticks when I went to California, hard to get your head round the girth of em

 

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[mdvaden]

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Some cracking sticks when I went to California, hard to get your head round the girth of em

 

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"Sticks" is as great figure of speech !!

 

In the mountain area, one of the walk through Sequoiadendron fell this year. I added a photo of it to the very end of my coast redwood drive through tree page.

 

Drive Through Redwoods. Drive Thru Redwood. Avenue of the Giants and Klamath. Leggett.

 

The update is at the top of the page and the photos at the end. The pioneer cabin tree was up in Calaveras grove near Arnold, California.