More Sequoias

These are young sequoias, just sprouted a few years ago. The fire in this area of the park killed several large old trees, a rare occurrence. But, it cleared ground cover and provided heat for cones to open their seeds, and now there are many young trees sprouting up.

In a couple thousand years, one of the seedlings above may look like this. This is the General Sherman Tree, the largest sequoia in bulk and thus the earth's largest living thing. It's actually about 3000 years old.

There are several fine meadows in Giant Forest. They're marshy areas with slow moving streams in the wet season. It's fun to walk out into the middle of a meadow on a giant fallen sequoia log and take in the beauty and peace of the scene.