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the best things to do in Yosemite National Park, California: waterfalls, wildflowers, wildlife, and serene beauty await.

Coast redwoods grow faster in Northern than in Southern California due to the cool and moist conditions that prevail in their habitat up north.

A big tree that mattered.” While coastal redwoods and giant sequoias are the trees most people go to Yosemite to see, Taylor said this tree made all others pale in comparison.

Although coast redwoods are the tallest trees on earth, giant sequoias, their biological cousins, are the largest by volume, with bark that can be 2 feet thick and resistant to fire.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. — The towering trees of Yosemite National Park have long held a treasured place in the American psyche, whether the ancient and majestic sequoias, the Ponderosa ...

Saving the centuries-old trees in Yosemite's famed Mariposa Grove took hard work from firefighters but also half a century of intentional fires.

While coastal redwoods and giant sequoias are the trees most people go to Yosemite to see, Taylor said this tree made all others pale in comparison.

Yes, you can grow redwood and sequoia trees in Southern California. Rick Akers, who lives in Long Beach, has mature specimens that prove the point.