Redwood National Park, California

Ashik Patel, Will Zheng, Olivia McWayne, & Jon Cardona

• Winds of the Pacific reach land

• Stump sprouting seeds

• Average yearly rainfall is between 25 and 122 inches

• Thick bark protects the tree from fire damage

Geological Origins

• Biomeo Worlds smallest land biome ( Temperate Rainforest) o A community of both abiotic and biotic factors, home to worlds largest living

trees, the coast redwoods. ( Can weigh up to 500 tons from the size of a tomato seed)

o This biome receives about 60-80 inches of annual rain a year over the region.

• Climateo Lie within a marine coastal climate zone.o Between 40-60 degrees latitude, and on the western ocean shores of

continents. o Oceans are dominant climatic factor: because the warm/cool more slowly than

land, they moderate temps, and supply moisture.

• Dominant wildlifeo Wildlife that exercise or influence the most control.o Carnivores such as tigers, herbivores such as elephants, birds such as a great

pied hornbill, insects such as termites; reptiles such as snakes

Natural History

• 42 vertebrates species, and 16 invertebrate species within the Redwood Forest are either endangered or threatened.

• There has been no definite discover of endemic species but there has been an increase in “near-endemic” species.

Endemic, Threatened, or Endangered Species

• Provides cultural landscapes- (shows changes in land over time from human impact)

Effects on Human History

B-71 Radar Station from WWII, located in the Redwood Forest, used to prevent any potential attacks from Japan at the West Coast.

● Agreed to manage the four-park area for maximum resource protection.

● Thanks to these agencies you will find: old growth redwood groves and open prairie lands, 2 major rivers, and 37 miles of pristine California coastline.

California Department of Parks and Recreation & National Park Service

Threats

• Massive trees started to fall due to logging; people wanted to use them for the vigorous amount of precious lumber.

• Rapid increase of loggers.

• Agencies provided the protection they needed.

• Conserved what was left, and helped forest expand.

The Trees of the Redwood Forest

Cross section of a Redwood Tree

• http://www.nps.gov/redw/index.htm

• http://www.nps.gov/redw/planyourvisit/park-overview.htm

• http://redwoodnationalandstateparks.weebly.com/index.html

• http://www.stewardsofthecoastandredwoods.org/pdf/red_ed5_nathist_pgs58to84.pdf

• http://www.nps.gov/redw/historyculture/cultural-resources.htm

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