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The Extraordinary Lives Of Coast Redwoods

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Oddities, marvels and revelations proliferate in groves of the tallest trees on the planet.

The Extraordinary Lives Of Coast Redwoods Oddities, marvels and revelations proliferate in groves of the tallest trees on the planet. Coast redwoods in Northern California. (Getty Images) Credits Daniel Lewis is the Dibner senior curator for the history of science and technology at the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens in Los Angeles. This essay is adapted from his forthcoming book, “ Twelve Trees: The Deep Roots of Our Future .” The big coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) are magnificent, like news from another world. A few individuals grow to just shy of 400 feet,

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