Climbing the Redwoods. Richard Preston.
by Preston, Richard; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2006Article 29Environment. Publisher: New Yorker, 2005ISSN: 1522-3205;.Subject(s): Botanists | Forest canopies | Plant ecology | Redwood | Tree climbing | Trees -- Physiology | Trees -- ResearchDDC classification: 050 Summary: "The coast redwood tree is an evergreen conifer, a member of the cypress family, which grows in valleys and on slopes of mountains along the coast of Central and Northern California, mostly within ten miles of the sea. The scientific name of the tree, which is usually simply called a redwood, is Sequoia sempervirens. A coast redwood has fibrous, furrowed bark, flat needles, and small seed-bearing cones the size of olives. Its heartwood is the color of old claret and is extremely resistant to rot. It has a lemony scent. Redwoods flourish in wet, rainy, foggy habitats. The realm of the redwoods starts in Big Sur and runs northward along the coast to Oregon; fourteen and a half miles up the Oregon coast, the redwoods abruptly stop." (NEW YORKER) This article provides an overview of the redwood tree. The author also presents his experience of exploring "the redwood-forest canopy, the three-dimensional labyrinth that exists in the air above the forest floor" with botanist Stephen C. Sillett.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Climbing the Redwoods, Feb. 14 & 21, 2005; pp. 212-225.
"The coast redwood tree is an evergreen conifer, a member of the cypress family, which grows in valleys and on slopes of mountains along the coast of Central and Northern California, mostly within ten miles of the sea. The scientific name of the tree, which is usually simply called a redwood, is Sequoia sempervirens. A coast redwood has fibrous, furrowed bark, flat needles, and small seed-bearing cones the size of olives. Its heartwood is the color of old claret and is extremely resistant to rot. It has a lemony scent. Redwoods flourish in wet, rainy, foggy habitats. The realm of the redwoods starts in Big Sur and runs northward along the coast to Oregon; fourteen and a half miles up the Oregon coast, the redwoods abruptly stop." (NEW YORKER) This article provides an overview of the redwood tree. The author also presents his experience of exploring "the redwood-forest canopy, the three-dimensional labyrinth that exists in the air above the forest floor" with botanist Stephen C. Sillett.
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