{"id":16546,"date":"2019-11-26T18:06:44","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T02:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/clark\/?page_id=16546"},"modified":"2022-12-30T19:24:16","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T03:24:16","slug":"giant-sequoia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/clark\/master-gardeners\/community-education\/heritage-tree\/giant-sequoia\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant Sequoia\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Master Gardener Program
\n<\/span><\/strong>Erika Johnson, Program Coordinator
\nerika.d.johnson@wsu.edu<\/a>
\n(564) 397-5738<\/p>\n

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Catalog of Trees<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

\"Heritage<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Giant Sequoia<\/strong><\/span> HT2<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Giant<\/p>\n

Tree Statistics<\/strong><\/span>
\nCommon Name: <\/span>Giant Sequoia
\n<\/span>Botanical Name: <\/span>Sequoiadendron giganteum
\n<\/span>Trunk DBH (diameter at breast height:<\/span> 91 inches
\nHeight:<\/span> 91feet
\nSpread:<\/span> 46 feet
\nLatitude: <\/span>45.678497
\n<\/span>Longitude:<\/span> –122.651414
\n<\/span>Heritage Tree ID:<\/span> HT2<\/p>\n

Tree Location
\n<\/strong><\/span>78<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> Street Heritage Farm
\n1919 NE 78<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> St., Vancouver, WA 98665
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About the Species<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is native to a limited area of the western Sierra Nevada in California.\u00a0 It is one of three species of coniferous trees known as redwoods, the others being the Sequoia Sempervirens (coast redwood) and Metasequoia glyptostroboides (dawn redwood).\u00a0\u00a0The Giant Sequoia are the most massive individual trees in the world.\u00a0 Average mature heights range 164-279 feet and average mature trunk diameters range 20-26 feet.\u00a0 <\/span>The Giant Sequoia is highly adapted to forest fires, having a fire-resistant bark and cones that normally open right after a fire.\u00a0 <\/span>Young seedlings depend on fire to clear out faster growing shade-loving trees that would otherwise crowd the seedlings out. Giant Sequoia trees are protected within Sequoia National Park, Kings Canyon National Park, and Giant Sequoia National Monument.<\/span><\/p>\n

The wood of the Giant Sequoia is highly resistant to decay which make it well suited for shingles and fence posts.\u00a0 But the wood is also fibrous and brittle, making it generally unsuitable for construction.\u00a0 <\/span>Large trees, due to their weight and brittleness, would often shatter when they hit the ground during harvesting, wasting much of the wood.\u00a0 Harvesting of Giant Sequoia ceased in 1924.\u00a0 <\/span>[information source:\u00a0 <\/span>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sequoiadendron_giganteum<\/span><\/a><\/span>]<\/span><\/p>\n

This Tree’s History<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

This heritage tree is located at the 78<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> Street Heritage Farm.\u00a0 This area was originally settled through a Donation Land Claim in the middle 1850s by William Reese Anderson and his wife Sarah Jane (Sturgess) Anderson, both of whom traveled to the Oregon Territory from the east coast.\u00a0 In 1871, the property that is now the 78<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> Street Heritage Farm transferred ownership to Clark County.\u00a0 By 1873, the county had started a poor farm at the location and maintained the County Poor Farm until the main building was destroyed by fire in 1922, at which time residents and furnishings transferred to the County Poor House on 4<\/span>th<\/sup><\/span> Plain Road.\u00a0 The current main building at the location was constructed in 1926 and the County Poor Farm once again housed residents.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In 1943 negotiations began with Clark County, the Governor\u2019s office, and Washington State College (now Washington State University) to convert part of the land into an experimental farm under the direction of the college.\u00a0 In 1944, Washington State College began leasing 28 acres of the Poor Farm.\u00a0 <\/span>In 1949, the property was deeded to Washington State College.\u00a0 <\/span>Alterations by the College after 1955 included removal of the main entrance on the north side.\u00a0 An aerial photograph taken in 1968, and available from Clark County GIS, is the first to show this Giant Sequoia at its current location.\u00a0 <\/span>Growth rates of this species, according to arborday.org, are 13\u201d-24\u201d per year.\u00a0 <\/span>Assuming an average growth rate and a current height of this heritage tree of 91\u2019, planting of this tree is estimated to have occurred near 1960.\u00a0 It is likely that this tree was planted as part of re-landscaping the north side of the property following removal of the main entrance there.\u00a0 <\/span>[History information source:\u00a0 <\/span>https:\/\/www.clark.wa.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/dept\/files\/public-works\/Parks\/78th_Street_Heritage_Farm\/CC_WA_Poor_Farm_Bldgs_Cemetery_Remote%20Sensing_Project.pdf<\/span><\/a><\/span>]<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n1919 NE 78th Street \u2022 Vancouver, WA 98665
\n(564) 397-5738
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