Reaching
by Nick Boren
Title
Reaching
Artist
Nick Boren
Medium
Photograph - Photograph - Digital
Description
The mighty Redwoods ... always reaching for greater heights. :-)
Description from ca.gov Parks and Recreation:
California's magnificent Coast Redwood is the world's tallest known tree and one of the world's oldest trees. Average mature trees, several hundred years old, stand from 200 to 240 feet tall and have diameters of 10 to 15 feet, and some trees have been measured at more than 360 feet. The tallest tree in the world, The Stratosphere Giant located here at Humboldt Redwoods State Park, is just over 370 feet tall. In the most favorable parts of their range, Coast Redwoods can live more than two thousand years.
Redwoods are named for the color of their bark and heartwood. The high tannin content of the wood gives the trees remarkable resistance to fungus diseases and insect infestations. The thick, fibrous bark has an even higher tannin content, and insulates them from the periodic fires which have occurred naturally down through the centuries in the redwood region.
These immense trees have delicate foliage. Narrow, sharp-pointed needles only one-half to three-quarters of an inch long grow flat along their stems, forming feathery sprays. Redwood cones are about an inch long and each cone contains 14 to 24 tiny seeds; a pound of redwood seeds would number more than a hundred thousand. Redwood seedlings grow rapidly, more than a foot per year in good conditions. Young trees also sprout from their parents' roots, taking advantage of the established root system.
Coast Redwoods form almost pure stands in some areas, especially on flat, silt-covered river and creek plains such as the Bull Creek Flats area and the Rockefeller Forest. Coast Redwoods are also found in mixed evergreen forest with the majestic Douglas fir, as well as western hemlock, grand fir, and Sitka spruce. On drier slopes tan oak, madrone, maple, and California bay laurel grow along with the evergreens. Rhododendrons and a variety of ferns are the most common under story plants. Other plants which flourish under the trees in the duff of fallen needles include poison oak, huckleberry, hazel, and many flowering herbs.
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September 10th, 2013
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Comments (26)
Cheryl Rose
You know what I love, that you put the "meeting point" of the trees at the bottom of the frame! Very cool perspective. Very creative. Love trees and this wonderful shot! Well done, Nick! LF
Debra Lynch
Scenes like the ones you capture reminds me of the greatest creator of all times and how much we were loved to have all this beauty created for us. L/F/P Simply beautiful works...
Catalina Walker
Awesome, Nick! What a fascinating shot, incredible lighting and perspective, way cool...l/fv
Linda Foakes
Amazing capture Nick...brilliant perspective and love the sun rays shining through these magnificent trees!! l/f
Lucinda Walter
I love how you captured this shot with the sun rays in the trees. I think I would get dizzy getting this shot ;) l/f
Nick Boren
Thank you so much Tracy for featuring my Redwood landscape image in the Self Taught Artist group and the I Love Photography group. :-)