|
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Forests and Trees of the National Park System |
 |
 LARGEST AND PROBABLY THE OLDEST LIVING THINGS ARE THE GIANT SEQUOIAS (SEQUOIA GIGANTEA). MAGNIFICENT GROVES OF THESE ANCIENT TREES ARE PROTECTED IN SEQUOIA, KINGS CANYON, AND YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARKS, CALIF. THOSE SHOWN ARE IN YOSEMITE'S MARIPOSA GROVE. |
 SUGAR PINES, IN FOREGROUND AND AT RIGHT, AND PONDEROSA PINES ARE ASSOCIATES OF THE GIANT SEQUOIAS ON THE SLOPES OF CALIFORNIA'S SIERRA NEVADA. THESE ARE IN THE CARL INN AREA, JUST INSIDE THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. |
 SITKA SPRUCE GROWS BIGGEST IN THE RAIN FOREST OF THE WESTERN SLOPES OF THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS IN WASHINGTON. THIS NOTABLE GROUP IN OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK IS FOUND IN THE HOH RIVER VALLEY. ASSOCIATED WITH THE SPRUCE ARE DOUGLAS-FIR, WESTERN REDCEDAR AND WESTERN HEMLOCK. |
 REDWOODS (SEQUOIA SEMPERVIRENS) GROWING IN REDWOOD CANYON, MUIR WOODS NATIONAL MONUMENT, ACROSS THE GOLDEN GATE FROM SAN FRANCISCO. |
 AN ENGELMANN SPRUCE, GNARLED, TWISTED, DWARFED, AND PROSTRATE—BUT STUBBORNLY ALIVE—NEAR TIMBERLINE IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, COLO. |
 MUCH OF THE LONGMIRE ENTRANCE ROAD, MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, WASH., IS LINED BY DENSE OLD-GROWTH DOUGLAS-FIR (MOST MAJESTIC OF PACIFIC NORTHWEST TREES) AND WESTERN REDCEDAR. |
|
|
|
|
|
Last Modified: Fri, Feb 9 2007 10:00:00 pm PST |