America’s National Parks
Puzzle 60 · California · Page 86 in print
Redwood
From a seed no bigger than a tomato seed, California’s coast redwood can grow to a height of 367 feet, with a width of 22 feet at its base, about the height of a 35-story skyscraper.
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Looking upward through the redwood forest.
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Ferns line the walls of Fern Canyon.
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Banana Slug
Banana slug, the redwood-forest mollusk that helps recycle nutrients as a decomposer.
Burl
A burl, the hard knotty growth at a redwood’s base that can sprout a new tree after trunk damage.
Coast Redwood
Coast redwood, the towering California tree Sequoia sempervirens.
Elk Prairie
Elk Prairie, the former Boyes Prairie where a Civilian Conservation Corps camp stood in the 1930s.
Fairy Ring
A fairy ring, the circle of new redwood sprouts growing from an old fallen tree or stump.
Fern Canyon
Fern Canyon, the coastal canyon with tall walls covered in ferns.
Gold Bluffs
Gold Bluffs Beach, the coastal beach and campground reached along the coastal trail section.
Hyperion
Hyperion, the named redwood tree whose surrounding vegetation has suffered from off-trail visitors.
Jedediah Smith
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, the park containing Stout Grove.
Prairie Creek
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, one of the park areas inhabited by Roosevelt elk.
Redwood Creek
Redwood Creek, the watercourse crossed by bridges in Redwood National Park’s backcountry.
Stout Grove
Stout Grove, the old-growth redwood tract donated in 1929 and dedicated in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park.
Tall Trees
Tall Trees Grove, the redwood grove reached on the Tall Trees Trail.
Tolowa
The Tolowa people, whose traditional lifeways continue on lands included in Redwood National and State Parks.
Yurok
The Yurok people, whose traditional lifeways continue on lands included in Redwood National and State Parks.
Sources
- Banana Slug & Millipede - Redwood National and State ParksNational Park Service
- About the Trees - Redwood National and State ParksNational Park Service
- Cultural Resources - Redwood National and State ParksNational Park Service
- Coast RedwoodNational Park Service
- Coastal Trail Sections - Redwood National and State ParksNational Park Service
- Should I Hike to Hyperion? - Redwood National and State ParksNational Park Service
- Stout Memorial GroveNational Park Service
- Roosevelt Elk - Redwood National and State ParksNational Park Service
- Walks and Hikes - Redwood National and State ParksNational Park Service
- Tall Trees Trailhead Day-Use Online Reservations - Redwood National and State ParksNational Park Service
- Park Facts - Redwood National and State ParksNational Park Service