It's a great spot, I visited there a couple of years ago. The big ones there are Douglas Fir, very impressive trees. -AJ
Gary Reif wrote: > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
