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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. High above, Douglas-fir and western hemlock share the skyline with redwoods, their mossy branches home to flying squirrels and marbled murrelets, seabirds that only nest on large limbs of old-growth conifers. Tanoak and rhododendron fill in the middle space between the forest canopy and forest floor. Closer to the ground, the fleshy black berries of evergreen huckleberry and salal provide sustenance for bears and birds alike, and their shrubby forms shelter the ferns and redwood sorrel of the forest floor.<br /> <br /> The redwoods dominate and define this timeless forest community. They protect, shelter, and sustain the other residents of the forest through hundreds of years of harsh winter storms and long summer droughts.
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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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 #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…
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…
Lady Bird Johnson Nature Trail Stop #11
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<b>Lifeblood</b><br /> <br /> Colonial seafarers and early American adventurers cursed the omnipresent rain and fog of northern California. A discomfort to some perhaps, but the mild, wet climate of the North Coast ensures the survival of redwood forests. Wet winters soak the…
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…
