Sequoia National Park (USA, California)

At the present time evergreen sequoia grows only on a narrow strip of coastal land between the Klamath Mountains in South Oregon and the Monterey Bay in North California, and giant sequoia adorns the slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The best species of evergreen sequoia grow in the Redwood National Park in the northern part of Californian coast, and the biggest giant sequoias are found in Sequoia National Park in Central California.

Evergreen sequoia, Sequoia sempervirens – is the tallest tree of all growing now on Earth. The average height of these trees is ninety meters, but one of them is as tall as one hundred and thirteen meters. The trees are usually found on the sea-facing slopes and in mountain valleys of the coastal line, where they are almost every day enwrapped by a warm sea fog, brought from the Pacific Ocean.

Sequoia National Park is the main treasury of the giant sequoia – Sequoiadendron giganteum. If the evergreen sequoia can be considered as the tallest tree in the world, the giant sequoia then is the greatest tree and, virtually, the greatest living organism. Giant sequoias can live up to three thousand years, yielding only to Bristlecone Pines that are spread in the arid mountains of Sierra Nevada. Giant sequoia may grow to be ninety five meters tall with a diameter of its trunk being form five to eleven meters wide. The largest one among these trees, General Sherman, is about 2,200 years old.

Sequoia National Park Forest can boast of various animals too, among which are: moose, wapiti deer, American black bear, beaver, white-tailed deer, and mule deer.

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