coast redwood

Is the coast redwood, larger than any trees of the grove of titans, the world's largest tree

Is the World’s Oldest Tree a Coast Redwood ?

Published by mdvaden on January 25, 2019

Lately I questioned whether coast redwood could be the world’s oldest living tree. Possibly the huge titan in the image shown below. Take a short scroll down to see, then scroll back up here. Until 2013, a bristlecone pine named Methuselah held that title with 4,448 years. Later, another bristlecone was declared 5,062 years. Somewhere beneath […]

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Coast redwood tapers, but not giant sequoia ?

Published by mdvaden on August 2, 2018

Over the years, I’ve read numerous descriptions comparing trunks,  claiming coast redwoods taper and giant sequoias don’t. Did those people just drive by without looking, and went on their merry way? The truth is that coast redwood and giant sequoia both have trunks that taper; and both have trunks that don’t (or barely) taper. I’ll give an […]