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Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #1
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<b>A Timeless Place</b><br /> <br /> Countless people through the years have entered this grove of trees. They, too, gazed at the stupendous heights of the redwoods and vainly stretched their arms around the stalwart gray trunks. How long ago did our own ancestors first share our wonder at these forest giants? How many generations before us have joined in a collective gasp of amazement at the forest before you now?<br /> <br /> An old-growth redwood forest is many things. First and foremost, it is home to very old and very large trees. Under the dense canopy, redwood seedlings grow in the scattered sunlight beneath their towering forebears. Nearby, decaying trees, felled by a thousand years of winter winds, nurture the soil, and provide life for an amazing array of other trees, shrubs, and flowers. Varying shades of green and splashes of seasonal color are the canvas on which the mountain lion and black bear thrive alongside the marbled murrelet and winter wren.<br /> <br /> Ahead of you are the results of nature’s long march of time and what a forest can become when left alone.
Lady Bird Johnson Grove Trail
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Located not far from Highway 101, this easy walk through old-growth redwoods has been a popular destination for decades.<br /> <br /> This family friendly trail is a 1.5 mile (2.5 km) loop that winds through a mixed forest of redwoods and other tall conifers. However, there is…
Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Beginning
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<b>Welcome to the Lady Bird Johnson Grove Nature Trail</b><br /> <br /> This 1.5mile (2.4km) loop winds through an old-growth redwood forest. This grove, like many others in Redwood National and State Parks, stands as a reminder of the extensive redwood forests that one blanke…
Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #2
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.<b>Forest Everlasting</b><br /> <br /> “Sempervirens”, the scientific species name for the coast redwoods, means everlasting. Coast redwoods live longer than almost any plants on our planet. The largest trees found their first rays of sunlight when Aztecs and Mayans ruled Cen…
Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #3
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<b>Fire Survivor</b><br /> <br /> How do hollow redwoods survive? Despite the North Coast’s wet climate, redwood forests experience occasional wildfires. Fire plays a critical role by clearing dense ground cover and giving new seedlings the opportunity to grow. More intense wi…
Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #13
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<b>Full Circle</b><br /> <br /> For us, the character of a redwood forest changes daily. One day, shimmering strands of yellow light beam from crystal blue skies through open windows of the forest canopy. The next day may bring fog or rain, enshrouding the dark green spires an…
Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #4
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<b>More than Redwoods</b><br /> <br /> Redwoods do not stand alone. In fact, what we call old-growth redwood forests may contain as few as eight or ten of the towering monarchs per acre. A diverse community of plants and animals thrive in the shadows of the redwood canopy. Hig…
Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #5
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<b>Living with the Wind</b><br /> <br /> Wind is the great gardener of this ridgetop community. The quiet whisper of summer breezes give way to the powerful gusts of winter storms that can snap the highest branches, sending “widowmakers” plummeting hundreds of feet to the fore…
Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #12
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<b>Rebirth</b><br /> <br /> Like newborns clinging to their parents, new forest life clings in abundance to this fallen redwood. Salal, huckleberry, rhododendron, spruce, and hemlock all arise from this slowly deteriorating giant. A new redwood reaches out from its burled base…
Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #6
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<b>Towering Patriarchs</b><br /> <br /> Gazing up the immense trunk to the highest reaches of a redwood tree gives us a powerful sense of our own smallness. Capable of ascending to heights over 360 feet, coast redwoods tower over all living things on the planet. Most of its so…
Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #7
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<b>A Forest Protected</b><br /> <br /> By the 1960s, aboriginal redwood forests that had stood for millennia vanished in less than a century. Logged, milled, and shipped elsewhere, the redwoods of northern California built the homes and infrastructure of an expanding nation. T…
