According to the U.S. Forest Service, Rogue Rover-Siskiyou National Forest division, with the ongoing fire suppression activities in southwest Oregon, they have been receiving quite a few questions from people wondering how the stand of redwoods burned in last year’s Chetco Bar Fire is faring.
The Redwood trees are endemic to the coastal area of northern California and southwestern Oregon. The redwoods occupy a narrow strip of land approximately 450 miles in length and 5 to 35 miles in width.
The northern boundary of its range is marked by two groves on the Chetco River in the Siskiyou Mountains within 15 miles of the California-Oregon border. The southern boundary of redwood’s range is marked by a grove in Salmon Creek Canyon in the Santa Lucia Mountains of southern Monterey County, California.
Many redwoods in the Snaketooth Botanical Area and planted second growth managed stands in the Chetco Fire area are sprouting new foliage. Thick redwood bark does not easily burn.
The ability to sprout from the root, crown, or from dormant buds located under the bark are adaptations that allow redwood to survive fires.
A trunk, or bole, may be covered with fine feathery foliage. This manifestation is called a fire column. Over time the narrowed crown will again develop into a typical crown.
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