about Redwood Trees and Forests in Big Sur.

Redwood, also known as Sequoia sempervirens, grows from a very southwest corner of Oregon to a Big Sur Soda Springs drainage south of Old Scotland along a California coast to a very narrow range. The area is about 500 miles long and rarely exceeds 20 miles or 30 miles in areas with frequent fog, areas with moderate temperatures throughout the year, and areas with heavy rain in the winter. Redwood does not naturally grow beyond the band affected by this combination

Redwood is a rapidly growing tree, and some trees are over 360 feet in height, which is the tallest tree on the earth. Advantageously, a 20 year old tree has an average height of 50 feet and a diameter of 8 inches. The average mature trees are 200 to 240 feet in height, 10 to 15 feet in diameter, 4 feet 8 inches above ground.

Special people sometimes reach a height of over 20 feet, 350 feet in diameter, and are about 2000 years old.

Redwood leaves are green, flat, and sharp. The brown cone is oval and its diameter is only 0.5 inch. Their seeds average about 123,000 pounds. A soft reddish brown bark, 6 to 12 inches thick, is one of the most outstanding features of Coastal Redwood, along with trees, named as seeds.

In older trees, the bark is light gray, deeply wrinkled, giving the tree a groovey shape. The thick tree bark of old wood is relatively fire resistant, but repeated fires seriously damage these trees. A large depression or "goose pen" commonly found at the base of a large tree proves this fact.

Fires can also cause serious damage to the growth of young people and kill them altogether. However, rosewood does not have particularly fungal diseases, and there are no insects that cause great damage. Human demand for wood is the main cause of damage to the first coastal Redwood forest. Pfeiffer - A softball course beside the Big Sur State Park is one of the biggest Redwood trees in Big Sur. The size of this ancient tree, known locally as a "pioneer tree", is a form of fraud - over the magnificent specimen is cut off due to lightning strikes

During the El Sur Grande, I experienced and witnessed many miracles and rarities. Albino mahogany tree, or "forest ghost". These trees grow up outside the healthy rosewood base and are rare. They are white because gene mutations leave them without chlorophyll, which is a pigment that turns plants green. Chlorophyll is also necessary for photosynthesis, which is the process by which plants convert water and carbon dioxide into food using the energy of sunlight. Therefore, whitewashed mahogany, which can not maintain itself, must get food from the host tree like a parasite. Or is it? Recent studies have found that albino leaves contain high levels of toxic heavy metals such as nickel, copper and cadmium. They seem to inhale and preserve pollution, some of them occur naturally in the soil, otherwise they degrade or kill rosewood

Before the middle of the 19th century, the Redwood along the California coast spread from Big Sur to Oregon south to about 2 million acres. People always live peacefully with the forest. However, money has been harvested in a hurry, and today only 5% of the coastal Redwood Forest, which is growing in origin, has spread along the 450 - mile coastline. As the planets warm, the specific conditions required for Sequoia will change; their future will not look so good. Animals can escape the warm temperatures and corresponding changes in the southern habitat across the north, but trees are not that much.

Redwood, also known as Sequoia sempervirens, grows from a very southwest corner of Oregon to a Big Sur Soda Springs drainage south of Old Scotland along a California coast to a very narrow range. The area is about 500 miles long and rarely exceeds 20 miles or 30 miles in regions with frequent fog, areas with moderate temperatures throughout the year, and regions with heavy rain in the winter. Redwood does not naturally grow beyond the band affected by this combination