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Muir Woods - The Forest

Redwood forests generate the world’s greatest volume of living matter per unit of land surface.

Redwoods tend to dominate their environment because of their resistance to fire, drought, shade and disease and their ability to reproduce from burls. They will survive all but the very worst floods or fires and they can live with very little [...]

Muir Woods - The Trees

Reproduction

One of the reasons the Coast Redwood has survived is its ability to reproduce in two different ways: seed or sprout

Seed Reproduction:
This is the primary means of reproduction in an old-growth forest, and it allows the genetic variation which is necessary for the long term survival of the species. If the tree is exposed to [...]