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Sierra redwood The seeds of the giant sequoia grow after a fire.
Sometimes called Sierra redwood, I Did you
am a coniferous, redwood tree from know?
Sierra Nevada. I like it when my home is
consumed by small fires because that kills The tallest giant
all the plants trying to take my home from sequoia tree in the
me. It also helps me regenerate because
the warmth dries and opens my cones world is called
helping release the seeds, which one day General Sherman and
themselves grow into trees.
is 83.8 metres tall.
Vulnerable sequoia
Humans discovered my family in
the 1800s. They started felling us in
large numbers for wood, till the 1950s.
Another factor that has damaged
our population is the prevention of
fires in my home, without which our
regeneration slowed down.
Saving Sierra Redwood
Today, my family is considered
a national treasure and as
much as 90 per cent of our
population is protected in
areas like the Kings Canyon CR
National Park. Since the 1970s, EN
these parks have been creating LE
controlled fires in the areas VU
where we live to help us make
more trees. If these efforts are
not continued, we will be in cTahneyoKnins,gcsaCvearnnyso, nanNdatthioenwaloPrladr’ks hlaarsgmesot utrneteasi!ns, VULNERAB
grave danger again.
Sierra redwood The seeds of the giant sequoia grow after a fire.
Sometimes called Sierra redwood, I Did you
am a coniferous, redwood tree from know?
Sierra Nevada. I like it when my home is
consumed by small fires because that kills The tallest giant
all the plants trying to take my home from sequoia tree in the
me. It also helps me regenerate because
the warmth dries and opens my cones world is called
helping release the seeds, which one day General Sherman and
themselves grow into trees.
is 83.8 metres tall.
Vulnerable sequoia
Humans discovered my family in
the 1800s. They started felling us in
large numbers for wood, till the 1950s.
Another factor that has damaged
our population is the prevention of
fires in my home, without which our
regeneration slowed down.
Saving Sierra Redwood
Today, my family is considered
a national treasure and as
much as 90 per cent of our
population is protected in
areas like the Kings Canyon CR
National Park. Since the 1970s, EN
these parks have been creating LE
controlled fires in the areas VU
where we live to help us make
more trees. If these efforts are
not continued, we will be in cTahneyoKnins,gcsaCvearnnyso, nanNdatthioenwaloPrladr’ks hlaarsgmesot utrneteasi!ns, VULNERAB
grave danger again.
