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El Palo Alto is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), a giant and long-lived tree species only found near the North American Pacific coast. [3] The redwood has been California's official state tree since 1937. [4]
In 1826 British navy captain Frederick William Beechey used the "Navigation Trees", two particularly tall redwood trees along the ridges, to help them navigate in San Francisco Bay. [3] However, logging from 1845 to 1860 wiped out the original trees, leaving only their stumps. A second logging occurred after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.
The stump of a cut redwood tree in Redwood Regional Park (June 25th, 2022) The east bay redwoods were an important place for the local Saclan and Ohlone Native Americans both sprititually and materially; the forest provided these groups with resources not found in the habitats common to other parts of the dry east bay. [2]
While redwoods can grow to nearly 380 feet (115 m), the tallest tree in the Muir Woods is 258 feet (79 m). The trees come from a seed no bigger than that of a tomato seed. [17] Most of the redwoods in the monument are between 500 and 800 years old. The oldest is at least 1,200 years old. Other tree species grow in the understory of
The tree was named after the titan Hyperion from Greek mythology. [8] [7] Hyperion is estimated to be between 600 and 800 years old [1] [9] [10] and contain 530 m 3 (18,600 cu ft) of wood. [2] Coast redwoods in Redwood National Park. The exact location of Hyperion is nominally secret but is available via internet search. [11]
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According to the National Park Service, "In 1929, Clara W. Stout, widow of lumberman Frank D. Stout, donated this tract of old-growth redwood forest to Save the Redwoods League."
The Transamerica Pyramid was the tallest skyscraper in San Francisco from 1972 to 2017, when it was surpassed by the under-construction Salesforce Tower. [16] It is one of 39 San Francisco high rises reported by the U.S. Geological Survey as potentially vulnerable to a large earthquake, due to a flawed welding technique. [17]