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Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park preserves a —past, 1. WELCOME TO THE RAINFOREST Take a moment to breathe in this fresh forest air, feeling the temperature differencestand. Look up. You have entered a special 2. AMAZING CHARACTERISTICS the ever-living extraordinary height. Tannic acid within In order to continue to protect park Leave only footprints, take only Watch for three-leaved poison oak. A drinking fountain and a semi- A fully accessible restroom is © 2013 California State Parks Thank you for visiting Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park. to our visitor center. YOU HAVE REACHED THE END OF THE grove will remain preserved forever. These www.parks.ca.gov Also, visit: www.mountainparks.org (831) 335-7077 REDWOOD GROVE 3. REDWOODS AND FIRE More than 100 years have passed since the last forest re burned through here. Feel the trunk of this tree, noticing the re scars that are still present. Most res cannot penetrate the thick brous and almost re resistant redwood bark. An intense re may burn through the bark and hollow out a tree, but, 4. THE OTHER TALL TREE Touch the bark of this Douglas-r tree. The than the coast redwood. The stringy, brous 5. REDWOOD FAMILY CIRCLES from its trunk base. You are now standing in a larger redwood once grew. The trees that Continued on next page. to their strength and tenacity. Find young 6. NEW LIFE FROM DEAD TREES grow out, extending hundreds of feet laterally. Wrapping their roots around other redwood over. Fallen redwoods provide a fertile place for new trees to grow. Count how many trees 7. THE GIANT Aptly named, this tree called The 8. THE “GREAT STORY” OF THE Known as ‘The Pathnder’, John Frémont came he returned here in 1888, Fremont’s reply was “It makes a great story, let it stand.” Today you can explore the inside of the Frémont Tree. Once inside, feel the humid great story. 9. CALIFORNIA BAY TREE deer, and birds eat the round bay nut. Natives of the area used them for making 10. REDWOOD, RAILROAD, AND RESORT Listen for the whistling sound of a train. the Welch’s Big Trees Resort. The Welch to live music, on their way to dinner, and 11. BURLS The profusion of bumpy growths on this tree is As a redwood grows, the burl steadily grows Sprouting among cone-bearing plants is 12. BANANA SLUGS Under the low-growing, clover-like plant called decaying matter. Identied by its bright yellow color, long, slimy body, and shining 13. AWE-INSPIRING TREES With all the characteristics the coast redwood 14. THE PHANTOM OF THE FOREST The white foliage of the albino redwood JETER STONE William T. Jeter, a state and local community leader, saved this grove from being cut. named Santa Cruz County Big Trees Park. The Cowell family donated neighboring 15. REDWOOD FAMILY TREE This slender tree is the dawn redwood. A Continued on next page.