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Valerie Norton

I made it out to the old growth redwoods and late in the day I could even feel those big trees getting ever bigger! And there was even a rhododendron remaining along the Rhododendron Trail this late in the season.

All the details are in the blog post: valhikes.blogspot.com/2024/08/
#California #HumboldtCounty #PrairieCreekRedwoodsStatePark #RedwoodNationalAndStateParks
(The alt includes information about the subject and what the signs say.)

The start of the Rhododendron Trail, which comes after a bit of time on the Cathedral Trees Trail. A trail passes curves from the bottom left toward the middle around a small tree, vanishing behind a small hill. To the left are huge ferns and normally large trees. To the right is a ground cover of redwood sorrel, like giant clovers, with a sign planted in the middle. The sign is headed Rhododendron Trail with destinations Cal Barrel Road 2.5mi, South Fork Trail 3.5 mi.
Ghost pipes, a parasitic flower. A clump of white stalks stand generally straight with a curve near the top. The top has a bulge of a flower and the stalk is lined with short leaves. Each is white with a bit of blue near the base. Sometimes a bit of pink seems to show through from the inside. Otherwise the white is stark. Around it, the forest grows with salal leaves and redwood sorrel. A blanket of redwood needles and bits of fern fronds covers the ground.
The trees along Brown Creek. Tall trees, some regularly large, some redwood big, which is a whole lot bigger, line a small water course. The water is running from the bottom of the photo away to the distance below the middle. It is crossed with many logs. One of those logs appears to be not quite dead yet and many small branches have started growing upward as is the redwood way. A blue sky is somewhat visible, but lightened by the extreme light changes through the forest.
Big Tree, which is a mostly paved and flat 100 foot or so walk from the parking lot. It is usually crowded. A graveled flat and wooden platform stand in front of a huge redwood tree. A fence on the far side of the platform (and the platform itself) protects the tree's delicate roots from the crowds that visit. A break in those crowds managed to leave this picture people free. A sign on the fence lists some details about this tree: Big Tree height 286ft 87.2m diameter 23.7ft 7.2m circumference 74.5ft 22.7m estimated age 1500 years
#hiking#nature#landscape
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Phra Nuntiyo

"Majesty, English oak, Quercus robur, in Nonington, Kent, England One of the largest maiden, or unpruned, oaks in all of Europe grows on a private estate in Kent. Thought to be more than 400 years old, this aristocratic tree boasts a girth of more than 40 feet. At one point, a large branch broke off the north side of the tree, leaving a hole that reveals the cavernous space of the hollow trunk."
Photographer Beth Moon
#bigtrees #oak $maiden

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beSpacific

#Protecting #bigtrees for #wildlife also benefits climate, says study. #Largetrees offer major solutions to the #climate and #biodiversity crisis that are needed now. As President Biden calls for protecting #mature and #oldgrowth #trees on #Federallands, the study describes synergies between protecting these disproportionately valuable large trees and #forest #resilience goals, providing common solutions for these urgent challenges. #ClimateCrisis #forests #trees phys.org/news/2023-04-big-tree

Phys.orgProtecting big trees for wildlife also benefits climate, says studyBy Science X
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