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Redwoods

Redwood Forest. All M. D. Vaden photographs are Copyright 2006 - 2009 by Mario Vaden.

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Hyperion Redwood
Hyperion: Tallest Tree in the world. Redwood National Park

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Hyperion Valley
Black Bear claw mark on log in Hyperion Valley

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Chris Atkins entering trees
Chris Atkins carrying his tripod under a mossy maple on his way into the redwood canopy

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Port Orford Cedar
Steve Sillett and Chis Atkins discussing Port Orford cedar in background. Probable new cedar height record

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Atkins & Redwood - 2009
Chris Atkins in the shade of Screaming Titans redwood

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Sir Isaac Newton
Previous Champion - Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park

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End of a redwood log
Along Prairie Creek trail - almost like a face

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Howland Hill Giant
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

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Atkins & Sillett
Setting up a tripod on a steep slope to prepare for measuring

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Calypso Orchid
One of several wildflowers up along Bald Hills Road at Redwood National Park

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Vanilla Leaf
One of my favorite understory plants

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Hyperion Valley
Moss and ferns on Bigleaf maple in Hyperion Valley

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Lost Monarch Redwood
Lost Monarch on a very rainy misty day in Jed Smith park

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Dog Soldier Redwood
Lost Creek area - about 23\' diameter. Similar wood volume as Stout Tree or Stratosphere Giant, but shorter - near 230\'

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Lost Monarch
Very few redwoods have foliage this low, let alone a largest titan. Bottom twig can touch the earth.

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Valley of the Lost Groves
An enormous redwood in the Valley of the Lost Groves. PCRSP

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Del Norte Titan 1/15/08
Mario Vaden next to Del Norte Titan redwood / Copyright 2008

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Valley of the Lost Groves
Mutant Redwood in The Lost Groves redwoods. The reverse side is scorched from fire

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Stratosphere Giant
Previous world\'s tallest redwood - Stratosphere Giant is now the 4th tallest redwood

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Lost Monarch
The Lost Monarch. Image courtesy of Lowell Cottle

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Valley of the Lost Groves
This is "Mutant Redwood" in the Valley of the Lost Groves at PCRSP

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Titan Redwood Iluvatar
Lower Trunk of Iluvatar in Atlas Grove. 2nd largest coast redwood. Possibly 3rd largest due to one anonymous tree on a university page

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Valley of the Lost Groves
Huge redwood in the lost groves. This valley is NOT Atlas Grove or Grove of Titans.

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Titan Redwood
This is quite huge, but still smaller than the Lost Monarch

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The Lost Monarch
Lost Monarch redwood Titan in the Grove of Titans. Courtesy of Lowell Cottle

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Hyperion Redwood
Mario Vaden in front of Hyperion. January 2009

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Clintonia
Clintonia andrewsiana - also native to SW Oregon.

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Screaming Titans
Near Lost Monarch, this is Screaming Titans Redwood

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Jedediah Smith Redwoods S.P.
More mushrooms

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Redwoods
One word - Big. This is in Stout Grove: Jedediah Smith Redwoods

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Jedediah Smith Redwoods
Large Bolete mushroom in redwood forest

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Valley of the Lost Groves
Can you see Bunyan\'s Pitchfork Redwood? Seen here from within the Valley of the Lost Groves

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Jedediah Smith Redwoods S.P.
Another mushroom

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Sacagawea
In the Grove of Titans. This tree is likely to be Sacagawea redwood

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Smith River flows through it
Smith River flows through north redwoods - incredible blue color

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Jedediah Smith Redwoods
State Park near Crescent City / Brookings, OR

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Jedediah Smith Redwoods
Giant living and  fallen trees - Simpson Reed Discovery Trail

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Grove of Titans
Big redwood inside the Jed Smith Grove of Titans

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Redwoods
There are plenty of burls and odd growths to see

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Giant redwood
Redwood tree on a sunny day

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Genesis Redwood > 8 / 14
Sprouts of branch broken off El Viejo del Norte. One of several young trees. August 14, 2008

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Genesis Redwood > 10 / 4
Same tree. Note twig development from just Aug. 14th to Oct. 4th

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Redwoods
Giant standing remnant trees - this apparently burned after it died

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Sulfur Shelf Fungi
Keep #21. Fungi on stump near Del Norte Titan in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

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The way to Fern Falls
The trail to Fern Falls. Boy Scout Tree Trail

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The Prince / 5" cap
Agaricus augustus or "The Prince" - a large mushroom

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KEEP #36 - Video: odds & ends in the Redwood forest.

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Ferns on a log
Simpson Reed Grove

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Jedediah Smith State Park
Many trails are in excellent condition

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Fungi
Another Sulfur Shelf fungi: October

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Bigleaf maple
Same one as in video. Trunk rooted on both ends. Limbs became leaders

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Live tree on log
The roots appear to be grappling the log, but must penetrate inside for water and nutrients

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Root on top of ground
Why the twist, I do not understand

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A real garden
The log is about 14\' high on it\'s side, and plants on it that reach upwards of 20\'

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Dad and Son
Michael left, Mario right. Simpson Reed Discovery Trail 2007

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Bent tree
Probably was pushed over by a fallen tree about 30 years before - 1970-ish

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Visitors
Group of young folk having fun

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Slug in a stump
Forest slug sheltered in a stump cavity

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Rhododendron
Species native to redwood forest.

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Poison-oak in autumn
Over 100 feet up in the tree: poison-oak / Oct. 31, 2007

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Darlingtonia californica
These grow in isolated wet or bog areas of California and Oregon

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Darlingtonia
With Volmer\'s Lily too

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Stump mushrooms
On Hatton trail. Mushrooms on an old stump

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Poison-oak
Autumn poison-oak leaflet blew over to trail from 100\' high

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Simpson Reed Trail
One image that I have released to Public Domain

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January 15, 2008
Trail sign by Howland Hill Road

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Ganoderma - 1/15/2008
May be Ganoderma tsugae or oregonensis, but nicer than other images I\'ve seen of either.

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Growth on trunk
Might be a canker. It\'s massive. About 9 feet in diameter.

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January 15, 2008
Using logs to span forest floor debris  more easily

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Long moss-like plant
This appears to be Selaginella oregana - Oregon spikemoss

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Selaginella oregana ?
Longer than I thought. Drapes down 4 feet long

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January 15, 2008
One side of a cathedral-like ring of redwood trunks together

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Del Norte Titan Redwood
Trish holding measure tape on Del Norte Titan

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Double redwood
Daughter in Jedediah Smith Redwoods

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Growth rings
Tree cut that fell. Nice color. a lot growth rings - still young

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Daughter in tree
On Boyscout Tree / Fern Falls Trail

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Boy Scout Trail
In Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park

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Polypodium scouleri
Fern cluster growing on lower redwood trunk. These can grow much higher too

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Daughter by tree
Next to one of the largest known Titans.

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Jedediah Smith Redwoods S.P.
Hollow from decay, maybe fire too

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Boy Scout Tree Trail
An enormous redwood trunk along Boy Scout Tree trail

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Boy Scout Tree
Boy Scout Tree redwood in Jedediah Smith redwoods

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Boy Scout Tree Trail
An expansive glade of sword ferns - acres in size

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Redwood Stream
Michael exploring a stream with me in the redwoods

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Michael & Cobra Lily
Michael at the Darlingtoia bog near Jedediah Smith redwoods

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Michael and a redwood
Bright early morning light and Screaming Titans redwood

   
 
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