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Another 24′ diameter discovery

Published by mdvaden on April 18, 2015

The past few weeks, another coast redwood greater than 24 ft. diameter was discovered in Redwood National and State Parks. The average diameter at dbh, chest height, was 24.80 ft.. Redwood National and State Parks recently posted on Facebook that a 23.7  ft. wide  Big Tree in Prairie Creek was the 3rd widest known. The recent discovery […]

Weeping Western Hemlock of Prairie Creek Redwoods

235′ Weeping Spruce in Prairie Creek

Published by mdvaden on April 1, 2015

The photo below shows a very unusual tree that appears to be a 235 ft. tall Weeping Western Hemlock in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park. If you look carefully at the top of the hemlock, there are shapes that resemble an old man’s mustache, and large nose.  Like our other post-2013 discoveries, specific tree names […]