Sequoia Trees

The other day we drove up to a certain section of the park that has giant Sequoia trees. These trees are amazingly large, living for hundreds, sometimes thousands of years!!

The roots of a Sequoia.

Some of these trees can be as wide as 30 feet across and up to 150 feet high!

They do controlled burns in the forest here to keep the Sequoia's from being overrun by smaller trees and bushes. After the fires die away, small plants arise feeding on the ash and dirt for substance. They are called Snow Plants or Sarcodes Sanguinea meaning "the bloody flesh like thing!"