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| Photo by Cliff West |
As our family continued our 1992 California trip on March 19, 1992, we moved on into Humboldt Redwoods State Park, where my dad spotted this trillium. The third-largest state park in California, it features 17,000 acres of old-growth coast redwood forests and more than 100 trees over 350 feet tall.
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| Photo by Cliff West |
One highlight of this large state park is Founders Grove. Founders Grove was dedicated in 1931 in honor of John Campbell Merriam, Madison Grant, and Henry Fairfield Osborn, the founders of the Save-The-Redwoods League, which purchased and donated the original land for the park. The centerpiece of Founders Grove is the Founders Tree.
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| Photo by Cliff West |
The Founders Tree is 346.1 feet high, 12.7 feet in diameter, and has a 40.0 foot circumference. The lowest limb of this coast redwood is 190.4 feet in the air.
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| Photo by Cliff West |
Another well-known tree in Founders Grove is the Dyerville Giant. When the Dyerville Giant fell on March 25, 1991, it was 1,600 years old and was 372 feet tall. At the time the coast redwood had been considered the world's tallest tree.
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| Photo by Cliff West |
Here are a couple more pictures of coast redwood trees in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, though I am not sure if they are actually at Founders Grove, or at out next stop, the Big Trees Area.
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| Photo by Cliff West |
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