Sequoiadendron giganteum

Posted by MadScientist (Düsseldorf, Germany) on 13 June 2008 in Plants & Nature.

Regular visitors of this blog know that I'm hooked on primitive and extraordinary plants. Here's another one: Sequoiadendron giganteum not only does get very large, but it is also capable of surviving forest fires (actually it profits from them) and can get pretty old.

My own redwood is less than 1m high, think I'll have to wait for some hundred years until it gets reasonable height. I wonder who will water it in 1000, 2000, 3000 years. Anyone...?

Canon EOS 300D
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ISO 800
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