. The big trees of California, their history and characteristics. Sequoia. [from old catalog]. 'f^^ Forest Giant in the Mariposa Grove, may have attained the age of over six thousand years before they were uprooted. Many of the largest old trees in all the groves have been badly injured by fire. This is more evident in the northern groves than in those south of Kings Eiver. In the Sequoia National Park there is no evi- dence that any extensive fires have spread through the forest for the past one hundred or more years. There is such a dense growth of green vegeta- tion covering the ground wher
. The big trees of California, their history and characteristics. Sequoia. [from old catalog]. 'f^^ Forest Giant in the Mariposa Grove, may have attained the age of over six thousand years before they were uprooted. Many of the largest old trees in all the groves have been badly injured by fire. This is more evident in the northern groves than in those south of Kings Eiver. In the Sequoia National Park there is no evi- dence that any extensive fires have spread through the forest for the past one hundred or more years. There is such a dense growth of green vegeta- tion covering the ground where most of the Sequoias grow, that fires cannot now spread :sufQciently to do much damage. —53—. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Clark, Galen, 1814- [from old catalog]. Yosemite Valley, Cal. , G Clark [Redondo, Cal. , Press o Reflex publishing co. ]
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