No, not those giants down in California! I just got back from a trip to Portland Oregon, and went to the coast one day at Cannon Beach. I asked if they had maybe some "little" redwoods in the area, but was told they just did not grow that far north. They then threw out that about 10 miles south of Cannon Beach, at Oswald West State Park was some old growth forest! From the parking lot, take the trail to Short Sands Beach and you are in old growth right away! And... not the East coast variety of old growth where there is an occasional big tree..... a lot of huge trees! 8-12 foot diam typ (I stood inside a fallen hollow 8 footer!) They are supposed to be spruce, fir, hemlock and cedar. I am not sure how big this stand is, but it seems to be on the other side of the creek, and on the other trail going back up to the parking lot. There were also some 8 ft diam in the woods next to the parking lot across the street.
Question; in the same area, on the wooded sides of hills I saw many tall trees sticking up above a relatively uniform layer of lower trees. Is this indicative of old growth also? picture will come later! gr --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
