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Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park

Images from a recent visit to Sequoia National Park
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  • fire scars are hundreds of years old
  • This tree was in bloom in the foothills
  • These tree are unbelievably large
  • We saw several logs that had been ripped up by foraging bears.
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  • This is a mock up of a cross section showing how old fires leave cracks and holes in the tree.  It is amazing that any of these tree survived the demand for timber by the miners and early settlers.  Many of them were timbered. It took two men 13 days to chop on down that was sent to the Worlds Fair in Chicago. at the turn of the century.
  • Rare meadows are too wet for the trees to grow in.
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  • General grant on of the largest trees.  278 feet high.  Doesn't get any higher just wider.
  • The forest floor under these huge tree is very open. Unlike the coast redwoods these trees live in a drier climate.
  • This is the largest tree in the park. Aged at 2200 years.
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  • There are a few drainages that still contain a number of seqouias.
  • This part of the park contains giant trees of five species.
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