M: Do you know how old this tree is? It’s over 2000 years old. Most redwood trees live to be around 500 to 700 years old, but this one has been around a very long time. W: That’s incredible. M: Imagine how much this tree has seen in its lifetime! From all of the diffe...
Redwood trees are very important to the lumber companies because the trees are so large that each one can be cut into lots of lumber. However, many of the trees are protected in the Redwood National Park. Lumber companies cannot cut trees that grow there. This is so the...
How do they get water from their roots to the treetops? Most land trees, including redwoods, have xylem(木质部), or a system of small, tube-like cells. But without a pump, what makes water move through the xylem? Water evapo...
The Lahaina Banyan Tree survived Maui’s fires because the fire burned hottest over the top of the tree.The flames underneath the enormous arms of the tree didn’t do as much damage as they could have. Almost everything around the tree did not survive the devastating fire, though most of ...
The World's Biggest Trees So far, General Sherman, a giant sequoia, holds the title of being the world's most massive single tree. © iStockphoto.com/PierG Tree size is often much more than just height. General Sherman, a giant sequoia -- one of two types of redwood fo...
The largest tree in the world is a 2,100-year-old redwood named General Sherman. Its species,Sequoiadendron giganteum,is known to grow many other of the largest trees on the planet. This tree is located in Sequoia National Park in California. This tree is the largest by volume being 275...
How do plants grow? How do all this matter develop, for example, from a single seed into a giant redwood? Describe one way in which plants can adapt to water supply or environmental factors. Why might algae blooms be more prominent along coastlines as opposed to ...
How to Care for Redwood Trees. The largest redwood, the General Sherman Tree, stands 273 feet tall, has a circumference of 102 feet, and weighs an amazing 12 million pounds. It is the largest living single organism on the planet. These trees can live to
Sequoias are the oldest living trees on earth. Giant sequoias are the oldest—but not the tallest—living tree on earth. The redwood tops the sequoia in height, but in total volume, the giant sequoias are the largest living things in the world. Sequoias reproduce from the seeds of their...
For example, on the coffee-table above, we had to cut down the 51⁄2 '-long slab to 4' to make it proportional to the natural shape and dimensions of our apple base. Time to remove the bark Even though you might like the look of the bark, it tends to fall off later. ...