SEQUOIA-KINGS CANYON The Giants of Sequoia and Kings Canyon The House Group The House and the Senate groups are quite properly presided over by the President tree. This view of the House group is one in which in the normal angle of vision only the massive red sequoia columns are visible. Photo by Howard R. Stagner, National Park Service In Muir Grove Lupine and other flowering plants, underbrush, and a thick accumulation of forest duff covers and protects the shallow root system in a primitive sequoia forest. In heavily visited groves, the trampling of the vegetation and compaction of the soil underfoot may damage the trees. Walk only on the trails if you would help protect these trees. Photo by Howard R. Stagner, National Park Service The Lincoln Tree Fire rarely kills a giant sequoia, but numerous deep black scars are evidence of great fires of the past. The ability of the sequoia to cover these injuries with new bark and wood is one of its most remarkable characteristics. Photo by Howard R. Stagner, National Park Service <<< Previous <<< Contents>>> Next >>> seki/stagner/sec3d.htm Last Updated: 02-Feb-2007