Sentences with phrase «ancient giant sequoias»

However, ancient giant sequoias can have trunks that are 30 feet in diameter — far too big to be sampled using even the longest coring tools, which are only three feet long.

Trips here might include a guided walking tour of the park's ancient giant sequoias and spectacular waterfalls.

Scientists reconstructed the 3,000 - year history of fire by dating fire scars on ancient giant sequoia trees, Sequoiadendron giganteum, in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park.

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Tree rings and fire scars in ancient pines, giant sequoias and bigcone Douglas - fir trees reveal long - term patterns and causes of changes in fire regimes in those forests, including the roles of people and climate variations.