Redwood National & State Parks - USA

The Redwood National and State Parks (RNSP) are located in the United States, along the coast of northern California. Comprising Redwood National Park (established 1968) and California's Del Norte Coast, Jedediah Smith, and Prairie Creek Redwoods State Parks (dating from the 1920s), the combined RNSP contain 133,000 acres (540 km2).

Photographer: Philip Wright

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Located entirely within Del Norte and Humboldt Counties, the four parks, together, protect 45% of all remaining Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) old-growth forests, totaling at least 38,982 acres (157.75 km2).

These trees can live between 1200 to 2200 years or even more. The species includes the tallest and most massive living beings on Earth, reaching up to 115 meters in height (without the roots) and up to 9 meters in diameter, being also among the oldest macro-organisms on the planet.

 

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Located entirely within Del Norte and Humboldt Counties, the four parks, together, protect 45% of all remaining Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) old-growth forests, totaling at least 38,982 acres (157.75 km2).

In recognition of the rare ecosystem and cultural history found in the parks, the United Nations designated them a World Heritage Site on September 5, 1980 and an International Biosphere Reserve on June 30, 1983. - in: wikipedia 

On the back of the card: "Man eater? No, these loggers climbed into this undercut to emphasize the enormity of the trunk of this giant California Redwood. These men are each over 6 feet tall. The diameter of the tree is 13 1/2 feet". 

 

Foto: Carrie Grant

Before commercial logging and clearing began in the 1850s, coast redwoods naturally occurred in an estimated 2 million acres (the size of three Rhode Islands) along California’s coast from south of Big Sur to just over the Oregon border.
Today, only 5 percent of the original old-growth coast redwood forest remains, along a 450-mile coastal strip. Most of the coast redwood forest is now young. The largest surviving stands of ancient coast redwoods are found in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, Redwood National and State Parks and Big Basin Redwoods State Park. - in: https://www.savetheredwoods.org

Photographer: Larry Ulrich 

Redwood National Park is famous for its giant sequoias but these trees are only one of the species in an incredibly varied ecosystem. In addition to the redwood forests, the parks preserve other indigenous flora, fauna, grassland prairie, cultural resources, portions of rivers and other streams, and 37 miles (60 km) of pristine coastline.
Grasslands of the higher ridges exhibit spectacular seasonal floral displays and provide abundant wildlife habitat.