This extract explores the giant redwood trees of California, which reach astounding sizes, and their equally impressive namesake, the Native American Sequoyah, a member of the Cherokee Nation. The ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Coast redwoods – enormous, spectacular trees, some reaching nearly ... them grow from southern Oregon down into northern California, snugged up against the rugged Pacific ...

Just up the coast in Eureka, California’s oldest zoo, Sequoia Park Zoo, is a greenhorn in the giant Christmas tree game. This year, the zoo decorated a towering coastal redwood — standing at ...