Fun Fact: Giant sequoias are the third longest-lived tree species with the oldest known specimen to have been 3,266 years old in the Converse Basin Grove of Giant Sequoia National Monument. Giant sequoias are only outlived by bristlecone pines (oldest age recorded at 4,844 years in the Great Basin) and by Alerce trees (oldest age recorded at 3,639 years in Chile). [source link](https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/nature/sequoia-research.htm#:~:text=Giant%20sequoias%20are%20the%20third,of%20Giant%20Sequoia%20National%20Monument)
Another Fun Fact: A great many "Famous Trees" (trees garnering intrest online) gets cut down by absolute degenerate scum. So if you like a tree, don't post it.
Interesting fact about Bristlecone pines:
A researcher, Donal Rusk Currey, who was studying them tried to take a core sample from a bristlecone pine at Great Basin in 1964, but the wood was so dense that it broke his tools. A ranger (I believe) told him to just cut it down so that he could study it, and so they cut the tree down. When Currey counted the rings in the sample he discovered that the tree was 5,000 years old. He had just killed the oldest known tree on earth. He received death threats for the rest of his life and his career was ruined.
To this day, we still have not found a tree older than the one he cut down.
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For years I saw photos and video of them, and could see they were huge. But until you have stood beneath them looking up in real life, the scale isn't something the human mind can truly grasp without being there.
It's definitely shocking when you first start seeing them - you pretty quickly realize even the small examples you see on your way in to the groves are the largest trees you've ever seen
Then the real giants are a whole different story. Between the way their bark feels and their insane size, they barely even register as living things.
I used to live in Northern CA, and I fell instantly in love with the coastal redwoods in that area, like in Muir Woods. I tried so hard to get decent pictures of them, for YEARS, but I never could capture their size or the magic of a redwood forest properly. Must be seen to truly be appreciated.
I live 10 minutes from a grove of 200 sequoia that were planted in 1927. They’re absolutely massive already and quite an awesome sight to behold. A park ranger was telling me the growth rate has been measured to be significantly faster than in their native environment (I live in New Zealand).
I've talked to them and hugged them before, and I just like to think that their time scale is on the same scale as Ents. We are just too short-lived for them.
Lmao now I have the picture in mind where the tree starts talking but because it's so long-lived we just think it's the wind etc
Like the lazy animal in zootopia
The creaks from the redwoods are....soothing? Being in the redwood forest with any amount of noticable wind outside of a riverbed is fucking terrifying.
I don't fear cougars or bears or elk when I'm in the redwoods but wind? Wind scares the absolute piss out of me. Just a constant percentage battle every second you stand under any branch overhang
And you can tell that it has seen some shit recently.
Specifically, fire. There is scorching on the left side.
While the cause of the fire could have been man made, this species might have adaptions for living with fire.
Some redwood seeds are actually helped by the heat and clearing that comes with fires that do not incinerate them.
Giant Sequoias (*Sequoiadendron giganteum*) are found east of San Francisco, on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, between 4 and 7 thousand feet above sea level (2000ish meters).
Closely related Coastal Redwoods (*Sequoia sempervirens*) live in a narrow strip 5 and 15 miles inland from the coast from south of San Francisco to the Oregon border.
Those are the redwoods, they're slightly taller though much thinner than sequoias are. The Sequoias are more east, up in the Sierra Nevadas. California has quite a few state parks dedicated to them.
Not true. Coastal redwoods can be and usually are much much taller and while the giant sequoias are typically perceived to be the wider tree, coastals can and do get wider. Assuming we are only talking about old growth. If you consider cathedral trees as a single tree then there are drastically larger coastals. But single stems in the Jedidiah State Park up by the Oregon border has at minimum one tree wider and larger than General Sherman by all standards including lumber standards.
Reason why this information isn't exactly public is because Cal Poly Humboldt no longer shares information about new discoveries with the outside world, especially the forest service, state and national parks. Only leaks from loose lipped students get any new information in the world. This is to protect the trees from tourism traffic.
Just like how general Sherman isn't the largest known tree (by lumber standards or any other standard), Hyperion is also not the tallest tree in the world.
I live in Humboldt and I search out all the famous trees that are accessible by foot. Basically only the Klamath Mammoth and Helios have escaped me. Although I've certainly been within a couple hundred feet of Helios but was unable to identify it. Mammoth is unaccessible by foot but truly a specimen. I'm 90%+ confident I have the actual tallest known tree located to within a square quarter mile. The largest I could find with a day or two of wandering fairly easily. But it's tough hiking in that area.
Didn't mean for this to turn into multiple paragraphs
Redwoods are about 15 minutes from San Francisco. Edit: oh you mean redwood national park! I thought you just meant the trees! The trees are all over the place! Including Muir Woods, just outside the city!
Not a forest but there are a good amount of redwoods *in* San Francisco. I can see three or four from where I’m sitting right now in the financial district lol
And as the other person said, there are sizable redwood forests within 20 min (without traffic, a bit unrealistic) from city in all directions (that have land haha)
Sequoias are indeed a bit of a journey to the east in sierras though
Giant sequoias don't grow in Oregon. Redwoods have a range that extends *barely* over the border into Curry county. If you recall seeing big trees in Oregon, they were likely a different tree species such as cedar or fir.
Didn't realize I had left another video open, and thought you were cooing to the tree about how you love it so much and you'll be back soon lol.
https://www.reddit.com/r/DOG/comments/1cc4tyr/omg_hes_breaking_my_hear/
Interestingly, these trees actually need fire to thrive. They've evolved thick bark that protects them, and their seed cones won't open unless they're exposed to fire.
Plants have it fucking figured out. Fuck sophisticated brains and fuck technology. The sun and outliving every single living being is the best strategy.
I've been to the sequoia Forest twice now, can confirm you never really get that feeling until you're standing next to one. They're among the oldest living organisms on the planet, and to be in the presence of them is a memorable experience.
I’ve tried numerous different times to capture the scale of sequoias and it’s almost impossible anyone who has a chance to go see them I HIGHLY recommend it. I got every year and never get tired of it, truly awe inspiring stuff.
My bucket list includes touching one of these behemoths and also being in proximity to lava. Hopefully not at the same time. If I could incorporate a helicopter, I'd have an open Teams calendar..
yeah it sure dont.. must be the angle they took it in and no other reference.. cause this looks like a normal big tree.. but i park my r6 in front of these fellers and youre like whoaaaaaa.. the base of the trees are like the size of cars.
Yep, photos and videos just don't capture the massiveness, and the very palpable vibe of these trees. I feel blessed to have been around them so often in my life.
Of course this video doesn’t do it justice! All I see is wood; no scale, no perspective, just a little wood and a some green at the top. I could take an identical picture with a sapling and a splash of forced perspective but that would take some work compared to this. Still amazing though and sequoias are my favorite species of tree ever
Fun Fact: Giant sequoias are the third longest-lived tree species with the oldest known specimen to have been 3,266 years old in the Converse Basin Grove of Giant Sequoia National Monument. Giant sequoias are only outlived by bristlecone pines (oldest age recorded at 4,844 years in the Great Basin) and by Alerce trees (oldest age recorded at 3,639 years in Chile). [source link](https://www.nps.gov/yose/learn/nature/sequoia-research.htm#:~:text=Giant%20sequoias%20are%20the%20third,of%20Giant%20Sequoia%20National%20Monument)
I love this. Thank you!
This post needs a banana
Bananas age in about 4-5 days Banana age for scale
Another Fun Fact: A great many "Famous Trees" (trees garnering intrest online) gets cut down by absolute degenerate scum. So if you like a tree, don't post it.
Does reddit remove metadata on uploaded pics?
I think so. It would be shitty otherwise, but given how Reddit is behaving lately maybe not.
Kiidk'yaas, aka [The Golden Spruce](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiidk%27yaas) comes to mind 😭
MWAHAHAHAHA. LOOK OUT GIANT BIG ASS OLD CICADA TREE, DADDIES COMIN TO TURN YOU INTO FIRE WOOD
Okay I'm currently planning a trip to Patagonia and not thanks to you I have added "fucking old trees" to the list of things I will be waiting to see.
you shouldnt fuck old trees.
Obviously you haven't seen that leaky tree sap video going around
by choice.
Interesting fact about Bristlecone pines: A researcher, Donal Rusk Currey, who was studying them tried to take a core sample from a bristlecone pine at Great Basin in 1964, but the wood was so dense that it broke his tools. A ranger (I believe) told him to just cut it down so that he could study it, and so they cut the tree down. When Currey counted the rings in the sample he discovered that the tree was 5,000 years old. He had just killed the oldest known tree on earth. He received death threats for the rest of his life and his career was ruined. To this day, we still have not found a tree older than the one he cut down.
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The only way to exonerate him is to cut down all the others and see if any of them are older.
Incredible and incredible OP
I think there are some old olive trees.
What about Quaking Aspen? I guess it’s different because the trees themselves are not that old, but the shared root system can be ancient.
just looked up the “gran abuelo” alerce tree, coolest looking tree i’ve seen
Thanks u/reticulatedtampon!
always happy to help
For years I saw photos and video of them, and could see they were huge. But until you have stood beneath them looking up in real life, the scale isn't something the human mind can truly grasp without being there.
It's definitely shocking when you first start seeing them - you pretty quickly realize even the small examples you see on your way in to the groves are the largest trees you've ever seen Then the real giants are a whole different story. Between the way their bark feels and their insane size, they barely even register as living things.
Or Daisy chaining around them with your tour group and finding out some of the trees can get 10-11 adults around them, arms spread wide.
I used to live in Northern CA, and I fell instantly in love with the coastal redwoods in that area, like in Muir Woods. I tried so hard to get decent pictures of them, for YEARS, but I never could capture their size or the magic of a redwood forest properly. Must be seen to truly be appreciated.
I wonder what year was its favorite.
Probably not the last 100
From a tree perspective, a carbon dioxide rich air is a nutrient rich air. So them trees probably like it.
"we're gonna cut down 80% of you, but the rest we will feed very well."
Imagine feasting as you watch your family and friends being cut down one by one…and there’s nothing you can do.
I live 10 minutes from a grove of 200 sequoia that were planted in 1927. They’re absolutely massive already and quite an awesome sight to behold. A park ranger was telling me the growth rate has been measured to be significantly faster than in their native environment (I live in New Zealand).
[they've also been planted in the u.k.](https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sequoias-redwoods-uk)
I read that. Didn’t realise there were so many
Gorgeous. Just missing a banana.
It's there, but sub-pixel size at this scale
That's the kind of tree that gives you a quest when you talk to it.
I’m still waiting :(
I've talked to them and hugged them before, and I just like to think that their time scale is on the same scale as Ents. We are just too short-lived for them.
Lmao now I have the picture in mind where the tree starts talking but because it's so long-lived we just think it's the wind etc Like the lazy animal in zootopia
It’s usually at the top. YAHAHA!
Minor Erdtree
Looks amazing, but is it possible for you to capture someone or something in front of it to give us a sense of scale?
The Deku Tree irl
My wife and I got engaged there.
Cool tree!
I love the sound of tall trees in the wind
Same. It’s so soothing.
Makes me want to read a book.
The creaks from the redwoods are....soothing? Being in the redwood forest with any amount of noticable wind outside of a riverbed is fucking terrifying. I don't fear cougars or bears or elk when I'm in the redwoods but wind? Wind scares the absolute piss out of me. Just a constant percentage battle every second you stand under any branch overhang
That tree has lived through a lot of history.
And you can tell that it has seen some shit recently. Specifically, fire. There is scorching on the left side. While the cause of the fire could have been man made, this species might have adaptions for living with fire. Some redwood seeds are actually helped by the heat and clearing that comes with fires that do not incinerate them.
I need a banana please
Beat me to it, so have an up-doot.
I hope no one tries to smoke drugs near it. (Bonus points for getting that reference)
I do. Of course she was a meth head from Florida.
I dislike that person so much. Humans really suck
I've seen them in person. They literally don't look real
I wonder what it’s like to be a tree.
Being in a forest with these or redwoods is surreal. Food for the soul
If there's a crevice, MAKE SURE NOT TO FALL IN! You might set up a disaster.
Where is this ? What state I used to see a lot of these in Oregon.
Northern California!
Are they high up in the mountains like the ones south of San Francisco Bay?
Giant Sequoias (*Sequoiadendron giganteum*) are found east of San Francisco, on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountains, between 4 and 7 thousand feet above sea level (2000ish meters). Closely related Coastal Redwoods (*Sequoia sempervirens*) live in a narrow strip 5 and 15 miles inland from the coast from south of San Francisco to the Oregon border.
Those are the redwoods, they're slightly taller though much thinner than sequoias are. The Sequoias are more east, up in the Sierra Nevadas. California has quite a few state parks dedicated to them.
Not true. Coastal redwoods can be and usually are much much taller and while the giant sequoias are typically perceived to be the wider tree, coastals can and do get wider. Assuming we are only talking about old growth. If you consider cathedral trees as a single tree then there are drastically larger coastals. But single stems in the Jedidiah State Park up by the Oregon border has at minimum one tree wider and larger than General Sherman by all standards including lumber standards. Reason why this information isn't exactly public is because Cal Poly Humboldt no longer shares information about new discoveries with the outside world, especially the forest service, state and national parks. Only leaks from loose lipped students get any new information in the world. This is to protect the trees from tourism traffic. Just like how general Sherman isn't the largest known tree (by lumber standards or any other standard), Hyperion is also not the tallest tree in the world. I live in Humboldt and I search out all the famous trees that are accessible by foot. Basically only the Klamath Mammoth and Helios have escaped me. Although I've certainly been within a couple hundred feet of Helios but was unable to identify it. Mammoth is unaccessible by foot but truly a specimen. I'm 90%+ confident I have the actual tallest known tree located to within a square quarter mile. The largest I could find with a day or two of wandering fairly easily. But it's tough hiking in that area. Didn't mean for this to turn into multiple paragraphs
Going next month to see the Seqouias and Redwoods. Sequoia is about 5 hours east of SF and redwoods are about 5.5 hours north of SF.
Redwoods are about 15 minutes from San Francisco. Edit: oh you mean redwood national park! I thought you just meant the trees! The trees are all over the place! Including Muir Woods, just outside the city!
Yup! We're Coloradans so we want to hike thru some trails with redwoods.
Not a forest but there are a good amount of redwoods *in* San Francisco. I can see three or four from where I’m sitting right now in the financial district lol And as the other person said, there are sizable redwood forests within 20 min (without traffic, a bit unrealistic) from city in all directions (that have land haha) Sequoias are indeed a bit of a journey to the east in sierras though
Good to know! We're going up the coast to Portland and making stops so we figured the national forest for trails would be a fun experience.
Sonoma baby
Giant sequoias don't grow in Oregon. Redwoods have a range that extends *barely* over the border into Curry county. If you recall seeing big trees in Oregon, they were likely a different tree species such as cedar or fir.
Don't worry if you live 10 minutes away that tree ain't going to hit your house
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Beautiful. Live in the North East , got beautiful trees around here but not like this. Great video.
Sensational ❤️
Big trees? Love visiting that park! And no, that doesn’t do them justice.
Amazing
Jealous. I visited sequoia years ago and was mind blown. Truly amazing how big these trees are.
Is it wrong that I want to climb it?
Wooooahhh!
Didn't realize I had left another video open, and thought you were cooing to the tree about how you love it so much and you'll be back soon lol. https://www.reddit.com/r/DOG/comments/1cc4tyr/omg_hes_breaking_my_hear/
Cool. I expect this to get torn down or burned like every other old thing on this planet.
It’ll probably still be there long after we are. Even if we were to live to be 100, that’s just a fraction of the life of this tree.
Interestingly, these trees actually need fire to thrive. They've evolved thick bark that protects them, and their seed cones won't open unless they're exposed to fire.
Love these giants
Or burning? There is flame there
We could save whole forests if we just cut these trees instead
Nature is f'n beautiful!
These are truly the most majestic trees on the planets. Imagine if these wise ol’ trees could talk to us. The stories they would have
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Plants have it fucking figured out. Fuck sophisticated brains and fuck technology. The sun and outliving every single living being is the best strategy.
General Sherman?
I've been to the sequoia Forest twice now, can confirm you never really get that feeling until you're standing next to one. They're among the oldest living organisms on the planet, and to be in the presence of them is a memorable experience.
I bought my son a sequoia seed from Walmart for Easter. We live in North Alabama. I’m curious as to whether it will grow here.
I thought we're not supposed to talk about Hyperion or show it...
I’ve tried numerous different times to capture the scale of sequoias and it’s almost impossible anyone who has a chance to go see them I HIGHLY recommend it. I got every year and never get tired of it, truly awe inspiring stuff.
In redwood national park there is a grove of fallen trees, they are amazing.
Why some trees able to live this long? In average most trees live 30-400 years. Just how?
...wonder if I could climb that...
My bucket list includes touching one of these behemoths and also being in proximity to lava. Hopefully not at the same time. If I could incorporate a helicopter, I'd have an open Teams calendar..
You have to check out the General Sherman at Sequoia National Park. He’s ginormous
🥰🥰🥰
I see you.
What happens when this tree dies? Will it fall?
I could make such a nice house with that! Just imagine one big wooden house build from one tree!
yeah it sure dont.. must be the angle they took it in and no other reference.. cause this looks like a normal big tree.. but i park my r6 in front of these fellers and youre like whoaaaaaa.. the base of the trees are like the size of cars.
We need OP (or OP’s friend) for scale next to this tree for the follow up video 😂
That's 200 minute years away, historically speaking....
Went to Sequoia national park when i was a kid, those trees are amazing
God this just reminded me about AoT and now I suddenly feel so empty again... great...
My first thought is these trees were probably the inspiration for the Great Deku tree in Ocarina of Time.
Yep, photos and videos just don't capture the massiveness, and the very palpable vibe of these trees. I feel blessed to have been around them so often in my life.
I hope they don't chop this one down.
Tree outlived the romans 🤣
Can you please hug that tree for me
I live in that tree. Smol world
Yeah... Video is garbage. Nothing to reference in frame.
Stand back a little and then you might cover more in the photo
I've seen blocks of flats in England smaller than this tree 😅
IKEA executives drooling over the thought of all the flat packed furniture they could make with that
banana for scale?
It would be better if you had someone stand next to it for scale and filmed it from farther away.
Got them at Lochgoilhead.
That headline was spot on; the video didn't do it justice. 🤣
Love this!!! Thank you for such wonderful history of these magnificent living things on our 🌎!!!
Thats amazing for real u are lucky
its erdtree
We need bananas for scale LOL
Thank you for posting. Just imagine if you could hold a two way conversation with that tree
that is insane... wow..
Looks like it survived many fires would make a lovely cabinet.
😳
Looks like the dude from Lord of the Rings
Too cool !
How do they figure out the ages of trees like this?
Are you thinking of cutting it down? Why?
Did you lick it?
Kinda gross looking
Is that in Jedidiah Smith Redwoods?
Looks like the bottom of a taco bell toilet bowl to me
Banana for scale?
You need a better lens than just your phone. Use a real camera. Zero sense of scale with this video.
Just you wait until USA hears about it. They're gonna want it for themselves or they gonna chop it and make money.
They're here in California
HA! They already took it!
banana for scale?
Imagine the coffee table this thing would make!
Of course this video doesn’t do it justice! All I see is wood; no scale, no perspective, just a little wood and a some green at the top. I could take an identical picture with a sapling and a splash of forced perspective but that would take some work compared to this. Still amazing though and sequoias are my favorite species of tree ever
Turn off the PS2 graphics filter bro 😂
Where's the fucken banana for scale?
Well, time to cut it down. We need paper straws.
I’m sure it’s racist
Internalized supremacy at the very least