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[pct-l] More on old PCT Trees



I don't recall such trees near Lassen, but there are some huge Douglas firs 
fitting that description south of Mt. Hood.  They are truely awesome and the 
Tolkien reference is very appropriate.

Brian

>From: Jeffrey Olson <jjolson@uwyo.edu>
>
>Reading about old trees on the PCT sparked a memory of an old growth
>forest in southern Lassen Park.  While I can't remember the kind of
>tree, I do have a visceral memory of a feeling I've had only in the
>northern california coast redwoods, of being in an "ancient forest."
>These trees were 10 to 15 feet in diameter, 100'apart, with no
>undergrowth, and no branches for at least 100' up the trunk.  I expected
>Ents to appear.  The feeling was almost spooky.  Does anyone remember
>what kind of trees these are?


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