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Near Muir Wood around San Francisco, maybe the 240 foot range. Some big ones, but smaller compared to the far north redwoods near Fortuna, Orick or Crescent City. Humboldt county like Rockefeller Forest reaches like the 300 to 340 foot range. Prairie Creek and Jedediah Smith redwood farther north are in the 200 to 350 foot range. Each of those parks has some trees up to 360 feet, with 379 feet in Redwood National Park near Orick. Each 100 feet is 30.48 meters. I put a feet to meters converter on this page: Extreme Redwood Dimension w/ Feet to Meters Converter

Whenever you make it over there, consider a light tripod to put in a daypack in you don't have a hiking partner. Below is one more image. Same tree as in my avatar. It took about 2 minutes for the other man to get in place for the photo, but it sure offers a better size comparison the closer someone can get to the tree or feature. Have any of you ever sat down and done a rough tally of how inexpensive the trip is? Plane flight? Car rental? Fuel? - it's less here I think. Rooms? Oct. to June as low as $55 / night

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.

Here is one in Rockefeller Forest a bit to the south. Not too unusual, but pretty interesting.

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

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.

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.

Also, if you ever share the URL for that Grog knot site, it looks like the web address needs to be written without the "www" or the graphics may not work on several pages. Not sure why, but the URL does not seem to have a www

Maybe you have all heard of the animated knots by Grog. Here's the link: Animated Knots by Grog It came to mind tonight when I was editing my redwood climbing essay page, and added it there. In Grog's menu, pick The Knot List. Choose a knot. It animates. You can replay one frame at a time with your pointer over the numbers. Enjoy if it's new to you.

Biggest trees ?? Gerald Beranek would have some good stories. I suggest ordering a copy of: ___________________________________________________ A TREE STORY A Tree Story: books and videos by Gerald F Beranek ___________________________________________________ It's on CD in .pdf format. Plenty of stories by Jerry about his days climbing redwoods and some cool pics where he is up a monster redwood dropping the top half or so. I've read it twice already. He's a great story teller. I don't know what the mail / shipping is overseas, but if you are into trees, clibing and cutting - maybe even fishing - this is a must read. Maybe order several copies and give one to a friend in the trade. There are a lot of photos on the CD.

Posted this in another forum, but thought it might be a fun one for a guessing-game. A lady called me to look at 3 Douglas fir trees in the woods across a brook from her house today. They are the homeowners association forest. 2 other arborists have seen them and said to remove them - I agree. Maybe 70 to 90 years old, about 130 feet tall, with conks up most of the length of the trunks. Except, I said to keep the small one, seeing no conks, decay or problems, other than minimal lean, probably due to shade on one side. Anyhow, I could barely see the upper trunks through the foliage, looking for topping or damage. But noticed a dead top nearby. Went up the hill to the other neighborhood, and ain't no way topping would have helped a view any time in past decades. Someone I suspect that some activity from years gone by, or some hidden condition, may be to blame. But the dead tops stuck in my head - of the other tree or trees. So I went home and loaded Google Earth. Zooming in, 4 dead tops jumped right out. There is a top or two some blocks away, but near this address in those woods uphill, it struck me as very coincidental that all 4 dead tops are almost in a strsight line, all about the same distance above the brook and all on the same hillside, set down low in the small valley. I'm not so much seeking an answer for this one, just wondering if anyone has looked at satellite images before, and noticed patterns like this or other. But if you wanted to take a wild stab at this, go for it. Remember, the dead tops are not the 3 trees I went to see. They are right next to one of the two middle red arrows, which means they are in line with the dead top trees.

The roots grow into the logs, often under extending under the bark. The one in the image above eventually roots into the ground where the log rests on soil. Here is one more that reminds me of "The Claw" thing that Jim Carrey did in some movie:

That is a morning sunrise looking to the east over the foothills of the Cascade Mountains in Oregon. The image is not edited other than size. Was driving to south Oregon with our sons and said "we have to stop and get this one".

LOL Here is a sky in which to cook your mackerel.

This man is Thomas. Came from Germany last Spring to the redwoods. We were exploring and one trail goes past a Hemlock with a root snaking sideways about 40 feet. Part of it is visible here. Roots are common on logs, but not usually this exposed in the air. The bark decayed years ago.

Juding by the grass, maybe 9' tall ? Have not read the replies. Did you give the answer yet?

Looks like a sweet tree if you want to take video, because there is so much open air space to get good shots of the work.

This reminds me of the website page I made about money growing on trees. And it's about Leyland Cypress. I equate them as a vandwagon tree now, like Port Orford cedar were a bandwagon tree around here decades ago. Except Port Orfords go due to disease mainly around Oregon, and Leyland due to extreme growth and blowing sideways a lot. Disease is secondary.

What are they "getting away with" - and is it forest forestry, or urban tree care? I'm guessing that the tree this topic is about is a bit speculative, not knowing for sure if roots were grafted. Life of Glyphosate in soil won't be applicable much, because it lasts for a year or more inside plants. Photos like this one taken in a park are a good reminder why some stumps have to be treated at times as an extension of the other tree beside.

Not sure about Monterey pines unless you mean Monterey Cypress, which I've mainly seen along the Oregon and California coast cities. Here is a page of a Pinus / Monterey pine here: ChampionTreesReport And a page for the cypress: http//159.121.125.11/bigtrees/Champs/Montereaycypr.html I've seen the cypress - pass it every time I camp at Brookings, Oregon - like next weekend again

From looking on Flickr or Webshots, it's evident that there are some nice giant sequoia over there. Got any nice Sequioadendron photos? The trunks are so remarkably fat.

The root graft scenerio may be very likely. Glyphosate transfer - questionable. You listed the percentage, but what about the percentage of active ingredient, and the percentage a percentage of the percentage, if you know what I mean? How much did you pour into a crack or holes? A half gallon? Ounce? Misting?

We just have one of the small woodburning tools that works like holding a pen. Sometimes I burn the name of a tree's genus and species on walking sticks I make for fun. And just sign the reverse with the year. Have no skill with the artistic nature of woodburning whatsoever. Just use it as a pen that burns letters.

Keep an eye out for a 40 page redwood article. National Geographic - October 2009 upcoming I read on a blog. 8 page fold-out.

I'm way over here - but ... Busiest winter and early spring ever since 1988. I see evidence of other companies or stores being in a slight pinch, yet other than the negative facts and reports in the news, it's hard to realize that times are tough for some. Just thankful our schedule is full.