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The East Bay Redwoods are an isolated population of coast redwoods that exist a considerable distance inland from the coast in the Berkeley Hills in western Contra Costa County, California. Stands of Sequoia sempervirens , the Coast Redwood, occur on the west coast from Big Sur to extreme southwestern Oregon . [ 1 ]
The following is a partial listing of Tree Cities USA. [1] To be a Tree City, the community must meet four standards set by the National Arbor Day Foundation and the National Association of State Foresters: The community must have a tree board or department. The community must have established a community ordinance for tree care.
San Francisco Bay Area The San Francisco Bay Area , commonly known as the Bay Area, is a metropolitan region surrounding the San Francisco Bay estuaries in Northern California . According to the 2010 United States Census , the region has over 7.1 million inhabitants and approximately 6,900 square miles (18,000 km 2 ) of land. [ 1 ]
The largest city of the Coastal Bend is Corpus Christi. It includes the Nueces Estuary ( Corpus Christi Bay ) and the Mission – Aransas Estuary ( Aransas Bay ), as well as part of Laguna Madre . The coastline is paralleled by several of the Texas barrier islands , including North Padre Island , Mustang Island , and San José Island .
The trees are located in the Little Redwood Gulch watershed adjacent to the Silver Peak Wilderness. The area is just north of the Salmon Creek trailhead. [3] [4] In 2008, scientist J. Michael Fay published a map of the old growth redwoods based on his transect of the entire redwood range. [5] The southernmost tree is about 15 feet (4.6 m) from ...
The coast of California north of San Francisco contains the Northern California coastal forests (as defined by the WWF) and the southern section of the Coast Range ecoregion (as defined by the EPA). This ecoregion is dominated by redwood forest, containing the tallest and some of the oldest trees in the world. [22]
Coastal cities are vulnerable to tsunamis from locally generated earthquakes as well as those elsewhere in the Pacific Ring of Fire. The Great Chilean earthquake tsunami (1960) killed one person and caused $500,000 to $1,000,000 of damage in Los Angeles, damaged harbors in many coastal cities, and flooded streets in Crescent City. [18]
Umbellularia californica is a large hardwood tree native to coastal forests and the Sierra foothills of California, and to coastal forests extending into Oregon. [2] It is endemic to the California Floristic Province. It is the sole species in the genus Umbellularia. The tree was formerly known as Oreodaphne californica. [3]