Dinosaur dropping Coast Redwood

[mdvaden]

Spent another weekend in the redwoods last weekend . Spotted the oddest looking redwood Looks like a 16' tall heap of Dino Scat. I thought it was a dead "nurse log" with trees on it. Passing through brush to reach it, turns out to be a dome of living tissue with several stems of varying ages. At least a millenium worth of developement.

 

Met folks on other trails, from South Korea, Japan, Italy, France, Montreal Canada. The latter, a couple, were bicycling Vancouver BC to Mexico on a tandem.

 

A third photo is a local naturalist whom I explore with. He is looking up at the hemlock root growing 13 meters down the side of an old stump.

[Mozza]

Awesome pictures

[tommer9]

All your pics are truly inspiring mdvaden. I must get out to your part of the globe one day. Thanks for posting.

[mdvaden]

I'm guessing that maybe a third of the users on here have heard of Gerald Beranek, from Ft. Bragg, California. He really makes the rounds in the redwoods. I missed crossing paths with him near the Avenue of the Giants. He was around the Humboldt county redwoods Saturday, and I was there on Friday. Hope to explore with him again someday.

 

Here is one more pic from Prairie Creek redwoods, along the James Irvine trail. Looks inviting. This trail also branches into the Miners Ridge trail. Both lead several miles to the beach or Fern Canyon.

[John Barleycorn]

Are those "nurse logs" the fallen stems that seedlings take root on and grow on into straight lines of massive trees ?

When first seen by Europeans they thought they were plantations.

[mdvaden]

Are those "nurse logs" the fallen stems that seedlings take root on and grow on into straight lines of massive trees ?

When first seen by Europeans they thought they were plantations.

 

Exactly.

 

Where the germinated trees are lined up in a row eventually.

[Bart]

Wow great pic's, fascinating trees.

[mdvaden]

Here is one in Rockefeller Forest a bit to the south.

 

Not too unusual, but pretty interesting.

[mdvaden]

Another a bit more irregular shaped up in Prairie Creek redwoods.

 

This is on the trail of that bridge photo I posted earlier.

 

James Irvine trail, which lead to the ocean.

[alex_m]

i need to go there!