Southern Redwood Botanical Area
The Southern Redwood Botanical Area (also known as Southern Redwood Special Interest Area) is a 17 acres (6.9 ha) ecological preserve in the southern region of Big Sur in Monterey County, California, just north of the national forest's Salmon Creek trailhead.[1] Established by the Los Padres National Forest of the United States Forest Service, it contains the southernmost naturally occurring Redwood.[2] The trees are located in the Little Redwood Gulch watershed adjacent to the Silver Peak Wilderness. The area is just north of the Salmon Creek trailhead.[3][4]
In 2008, scientist J. Michael Fay published a map of the old growth redwoods based on his transect of the entire redwood range.[5] The southernmost tree is about 15 feet (4.6 m) from Highway 1. The reserve is 7 miles (11 km) north of San Carpoforo Creek. It is unmarked and is not open to the public.[6][7][8][9] The botanical area is classified as a special interest area under Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 294.1(a) due to its unique botanical resources for public and scientific purposes.[10][11]
See also
- Sequoia sempervirens
- Big Sur
References
- ^ "SEQUOIA sempervirens". andyswebtools.com. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Los Padres National Forest - Nature & Science". Los Padres National Forest. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Coast Redwood: Los Padres ForestWatch". www.lpfw.org. Los Padres Forestwatch. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2018.
- ^ "Los Padres National Forest". Redwoodhikes.com. Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
- ^ Fay, J. Michael (September 30, 2008). "Redwood Transect-Big Sur Redwoods 2.0". Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved January 1, 2009.
- ^ Valle, Gary (14 June 2013). "Coast Redwoods Along the French Trail in Redwood Regional Park". Photography on the Run. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Southernmost Redwoods, California - 360-degree VR Panoramas". 360panos.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Coast Redwood : Los Padres ForestWatch". www.lpfw.org. Archived from the original on 29 May 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "Photography on the Run: Calflora/Google Maps image of coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) distribution in California. The southernmost naturally-occurring coast redwoods are in Monterey County, in the Southern Redwood Botanical Area of Los Padres National Forest". photographyontherun.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ Land and Resource Management Plan: Los Padres National Forest : Draft Forest Plan. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, Los Padres National Forest. 1986. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
- ^ "36 CFR § 294.1 - Recreation areas". LII / Legal Information Institute. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
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