Giant Sequoias: Sci-Fi Trees You Don’t Need To Go To A Galaxy Far Far Away To See

[@giulliadellasara1887]

There is nothing that can compare to standing next to an ages old tree. It's like meeting the wisest, oldest creature on Earth and it's wisdom is silence and peace.

[@sammigiordani7878]

"O Giant Sequoias, share us your wisdom" Giant Sequoias: "BURN THE FOREST!! AND LET MY CHILDS RISE FROM THE ASHES!!"

[@kylepessell1350]

@@sammigiordani7878 The giant sequoias stood on vigil whist Nero played his fiddle.

[@j_respect5948]

Yeah bruh.. i loved to meet huge trees.. haven't seen one before

[@beadingbusily]

I get what you're saying, but don't encourage pyromaniacs! CA burns enough right now!

[@robdeskrd]

@Sara Stanojevic What you said is so hopelessly New Age & stupid I have to ask how did you ever learn to write? It's rather impressive for a window licker 😆🤣😂😆🤣😂!

[@0100-u7k]

"more importantly, they're the thiccest" Groot *nervious sweating*

[@JavierFernandez01]

Hahahahah

[@KayMac1]

Why did she try and make that seductive eye contact after she said it too 🤣

[@mike92jordangames99]

Alot of innuendos and double entendres if u peep.. hilarious 😂😂😂

[@kevinqwen221]

Was looking for this comment lol

[@j_respect5948]

Groot

[@wdwerker]

When we visited the Redwoods National Park many years ago several parking lots were closed, so we drove a little further and parked , then hiked back. They were filming a Star Wars scene ! Much later that day I hiked alone because my wife wasn’t feeling well. If you ever get the chance to be alone in a grove of redwoods or Sequoia seize the opportunity. I’m not religious but standing alone amongst those massive trunks makes every cathedral seem like a pathetic attempt to capture the grandeur. As a woodworker I’ve had the privilege of building a few projects with redwood. I refuse to waste a single scrap and hoard the pieces for a worthy project. A strawberry tower I built is almost 40 years old and shows no signs of rot.

[@kdpak]

Name checks out

[@lozoft9]

There's an Art Nouveau basilica in Spain called the Sagrada Familia that was inspired by sequoias. The facades have decorative work and geometric relationships that recall the canopies of redwood forests, and the spires resemble sequoias in height and width.

[@mariaanmo]

@@lozoft9 I had no idea the Sagrada Familia was inspired by sequoias. Thx!

[@evilsharkey8954]

That’s why the coastal redwoods were so heavily logged. Their wood is resistant to rot. Fortunately, if they’re not bulldozed, they resprout from the trunks, so many previously logged trees are already huge again, just not 400 feet.

[@beadingbusily]

@@evilsharkey8954 Also, the saplings need shade and nourishment through the roots from the elder trees.

[@Dan-ud8hz]

If you ever get to visit, they are literally awesome. It's comforting just standing near them.

[@5t.8bby26]

I got theses suckas in ma backyard! Lots of tall trees out here : ) : )

[@Micull2052]

Do they allow people to climb those trees?

[@planterbanter]

My dream is to visit them one day! There are some here in Australia but nothing over 180 years old

[@bigfootwithinternetaccess2925]

@John Barber ooga booga

[@mammon310]

It's insane, I found the #7 largest tree, packsaddle giant. I don't know how to describe it, but they are special.

[@Thunderboy0312]

I would really love to see an episode about the Ginkgo Biloba. It’s such an interesting tree with amazing leaves

[@LaineyBug2020]

Our city planted decorative Ginko trees all through downtown, but didn't realize that they were mostly female, and now during certain parts of the year, downtown smells like a dog puked up it's own poop...and yes it gets stuck on your shoes the same if you step in it...

[@planterbanter]

@@LaineyBug2020 hahaha same here! a couple of entire suburbs were planted with them along the streets and boy does it smell hahaha

[@planterbanter]

The ginko really is an awesome tree

[@flordelphinta]

@@LaineyBug2020 after a few more years, you would not mind it. Same for your dog puke

[@avacadolanche5025]

@@LaineyBug2020 I bet you live in NY or on the east coast. Female ginkgos are stinkos 😂

[@tatsusama3192]

"It must be something in the water in California" What water?

[@D4rthsunny]

The water nestle stole...

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

There’s plenty of water up north.

[@tippyc2]

@@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney Except there's not. Reservoirs are back to drought levels again. All of our snow hit Texas this year.

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

@@tippyc2 Oh, really? I’ll be out there this summer (last week of July and first week of August), any time I’ve been in northern California it’s seemed relatively moist for the west. I hope it’s not paper-dry by then.

[@Painted_Owl]

@@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney despite what the forest fires make it seem, it’s quite moist here for being a desert. Happy hiking and stay hydrated

[@BirdmanKen]

Just saw the coastal redwoods and sequoias yesterday and today. Hard to say how a tree can inspire affection, and so quickly, but I dare say they did. You truly feel a sense of awe in their presence.

[@Half-Smile]

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[@trumpetqueen963]

I live about 1.5 hours away from the giant sequoias. It's fun to take a drive on up and hike around these beautiful giants. One of the perks of living in the Central Valley.

[@XSemperIdem5]

I'm down in L.A. so I'll have to plan a trip up there later on.

[@speedy01247]

if only I would live for several hundred years, so I can plant one of these and then build a treehouse in it once it reaches maturity.

[@kylepessell1350]

At the rate we are going, the giant sequoias are either going to literally out-live human civilization or we'll take them down with us. Let's try to make sure that doesn't happen.

[@BigCroca]

They will get huge within just a few decades if not less. If in the correct climate they can grow around a meter a year every year for decades

[@BigCroca]

@Jelly Jam not really. they do most of their growing in a few hundred if that and then slow down considerably

[@christianchee2857]

Plant trees! 😆🌲

[@johnlees2750]

@@BigCroca ķ.

[@Velksa]

I’ve wanted to visit these trees ever since I was young and still haven’t. I definitely will when I’m an adult.

[@DracowolfieDen]

I grew up in Humboldt county, where so many of the coastal redwoods are, and watching this honestly made me tear up! They're so dang amazing and it's great to hear them appreciated.

[@pyrovania]

Went to school in Santa Cruz, lots of redwoods there too. You have the biggest ones.

[@stormytooman1947]

I grew up in Del Norte and Trinity Counties. I used to say "dang" a lot.

[@DracowolfieDen]

@@stormytooman1947 LOL I didn't realize that's probably where that comes from in my lexicon.

[@deboraholsen2504]

@@stormytooman1947I used to know a guy named Mike Dang! …Dang!

[@entvisual]

*Standing under such* a beautiful ancient tree, they are truly a unique species protect them at all costs! 🌲💚

[@zach11241]

I grew up 40 minutes away from Sequoia National Park. Then I attended Humboldt State where I was only a 35 minute drive from Redwood National Park. And one of my forestry professors was the guy who climbed and measured Hyperion (aka the tallest tree in the world). Loved both areas! If you ever get a chance to visit either park, I always recommend it!

[@beadingbusily]

Don't walk in the roots! Yes, these trees have deep tap roots, tapping into the water underground, but they also have more shallow roots holding them in place, communicating with other trees and fungi, sharing resources, and that's part of why there are fences around the most frequently visited ones. I'm a former CA Conservation Corps employee (blue hat), and that's what I was taught, long ago. Respect the redwoods, the Sequoias, the salmon, the earth, please! ( Sorry, not trying to preach. I just love these soul holding, air cleansing and cooling, animal sheltering GIANTS. We need to respect our elders, including the trees, soil, water, air, ground cover....

[@LuinTathren]

I love the Treebeard quote/references. Tolkien very much loved trees and nature.

[@exelibrium]

Like to see someone noticing

[@shaugran]

YES!

[@SankofaNYC]

Ha I was just coming to write this... At around the 3:03 mark

[@larbmining]

I visited the redwood national park and it’s amazing. I was already amazed by the coastal trees, but then seeing the giants looming over the environment was just insane

[@KarnKaul]

3:00: gnawing, biting, breaking, hacking, and burning TREEBEARD!

[@Mr.rawrface]

General Sherman is truly a massive tree. This tree will humble you

[@wanderlustwarrior]

3:50 a well placed Futurama reference!

[@Xandian]

Came looking through the comments for this!

[@LeoStaley]

So glad somebody else caught this

[@buttersticks7877]

i think some non-photosynthesizing parasitic plants deserve an episode! they're so incredibly interesting and are always the most beautiful plants I come across when I go out hiking!

[@stevebennett9839]

That's crazy to think that some of those trees have been growing for thousands of years.

[@chancekuehnel8448]

1:02 "Most Importantly, The Thickest" She really turned into the emoji 😏 saying that 🤣

[@jasepoag8930]

I need an adult!

[@Defender_messenger]

I fell in love with sequoias when I visited kings canyon years ago! They make me so happy!

[@htdetonator1847]

I’m currently on vacation visiting the sequoia national park and yeah these trees are astounding, and it’s also crazy how you have to drive up mountains for miles to reach the forest hidden upon mountains.

[@ms.debourghofrosings6829]

I’ve got a couple of updates to the bristlecone pine knowledge drop in this video. The Methuselah Tree is no longer the eldest known tree in the world. There is an unnamed tree at the Ancient Bristlecone pine Monument that bears that distinction. Another bristlecone pine tree was found a number of years ago that turned out to be even older than Methuselah as well, but its story is sad... a researcher was taking core samples to determine the age of the trees he was studying, and the tool broke. He then sought, _and received_, permission from the Forest Service to cut down a tree to count its rings. It turned out to be older than Methuselah as well. Side note: I have seen the Methuselah Tree. :-) It’s true that it isn’t marked on the Methuselah Trail anymore, but that wasn’t always the case. I found a couple of pictures from the 1950s.

[@cookingwithtabitha]

That is sad. Letting the tree live was more important than finding it's age. 🙁

[@ms.debourghofrosings6829]

@@cookingwithtabitha It was... it was also criminally impatient. The researcher could have come back the following season, gotten the data, and made an addendum to his research the following year. The tree had been around before the pyramids. The data could have waited another year.

[@liambrandley2716]

These trees are extraordinary! Another kind of amazing trees are the mangroves, which grow in brackish waters

[@maximusmenor4224]

Knowing these trees are over 1000 years old ans being so gigantic, makes me feel something I don't understand but it makes me really happy

[@greenlilac32]

Being in the Sequoia forest is so serene. One of the most peaceful places, so beautiful

[@evaakoons7168]

3:04 ahh I love that Treebeard quote!! (-:

[@gustavolrcoelho]

I have told your names to the Entmoot and we have agreed: you are not orcs.

[@kingzant99]

@@gustavolrcoelho WHAT ABOUT SARUMAN????

[@thomasseidler6137]

I want to see Baobab Trees next! :D

[@nic4319]

Girl why did you had to say "thickest" like that ? I was eating 😂😂😂

[@jakehandley3366]

I’ve been asked to pass on compliments from Tree Beard for quoting him

[@effiebae]

I've seen every single video you guys have released and I wanted to say thank you for such high-quality videos, I look forward to them every time. much love

[@jeremyschaefer5046]

Gnawing, biting, breaking, hacking, burning.” -Treebeard “I understood that reference “ -Steve Rodgers

[@watchdealer11]

Those are the types of trees I climb in my lucid dreams.

[@VitaeLibra]

Man... I really wanna learn to lucid dream...

[@thisoneguyiknow6709]

@@VitaeLibra Be careful, once you do it for a long time can get bad sleep paralysis. Stopped lucid dreaming myself cause the paralysis was so bad.

[@watchdealer11]

@@VitaeLibra It just happens to me randomly

[@VitaeLibra]

@@watchdealer11 yeah but I heard you can train it

[@VitaeLibra]

@@thisoneguyiknow6709 I'll be careful. Thanks for the advise bud :)

[@Aeturnalis]

I've never had much desire to travel the US, except for two places I have to see before I die: the volcanoes of Hawaii and the redwood forests of California.

[@nerfherder4284]

Too bad, it is a beautiful country. Southern Utah/ Northern Arizona is crazy beautiful, among many many others. I'm not even going to tell you my favorites, cause I like solitude.

[@sergiolaurencio7534]

Don think the book is bad because of it looks! Is a beautiful country when you look the nature and the animals. Me Because O don't have the resources yet, but I would visit this country first!

[@andreasandremyrvold]

Redwoods, Grand Canyon and the Mammoth Cave are the three only things on my US bucket list.

[@erichtomanek4739]

I read that in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, there used to be Mountain Ash ( Eucalyptus regnans) that was taller than the tallest Coastal Redwood. They were cut down. But they are still the tallest flowering tree/plant in the world. Video idea: New Zealand plants that change leaf shape from immature to mature when moas used to feed on them.

[@chrissutton6235]

TIL, thanks! They certainly seem like they are a contender. Crazy to think they are still being logged today just to be wood chipped for paper. AU atleast seems to have somewhat better forestry policy than we have here (logging wise)

[@thegreatgamingkid8252]

When I was little I hugged General Sherman Haha! We went and hiked in the Sequoias and saw it there. We also saw quite a bit of dear, 7 bears, and some other things that were cool. The tree was humongous! We’re so small compared to the world lol.

[@thegreatgamingkid8252]

Hopefully it’s species continues to live and thrive in the world as an ancient living relic and not die out.

[@HotdogJuice]

Our fragile symbiotic relationship with trees is both fascinating and frightening.

[@coco.colourful]

Could you talk about Kauri trees in New Zealand? :) And fern would be lovely, too.

[@Woodsman9273]

As a person who lives in California, this tree was a wonder to behold 🙏🏻😌

[@aaronparra4404]

You should a video about the American chestnut

[@Nevrikk]

The subtle LotR Treebeard reference was awesome 😀

[@pierreabbat6157]

Did George Guess that a tree would be named for him? Sequoyah was born near what is now the Tennessee-North Carolina border, lived in Arkansas and Oklahoma, and even traveled to Mexico looking for Cherokees, but never visited the places where Sequoia trees live.

[@The_sinner_Jim_Whitney]

I’ll be amongst the coast redwoods and giant sequoias this summer. My girlfriend’s never been out west, so I’m taking her to the north coast and Sequoia National Forest to get started. These things are absolutely surreal, it’s a crazy feeling to walk around under their shade.

[@gauravchandragoswami4144]

1:01 I like how she emphasizes the word thick

[@AniFam]

I love the expression, “a triceratops paying hide and seek”~~ Giant Sequoias are humongous~🏆💯♡ Thank you for sharing this excellent video! 🤗👍 🔆AniFam〽️

[@Gaspo123]

There is a sequoia plantation in Warburton Australia. A Californian planted a bunch of them about a hundred years ago, i can only imagine to remind them of home.

[@pyrovania]

Somebody planted eucalyptus trees all over California. Originally they were used as windbreaks on farms because they grow quickly.

[@unagitakanashi9056]

You can't visit hyperion (I tried) because he's not in a park, he's just out in the middle of the woods somwhere and isn't worth seeing anyways since the forest is so dense you can't tell that he's the tallest. You CAN visit general Sherman though and he is defenetly worth the visit

[@thethegreenmachine]

Hyperion's location is kept secret so that crowds of people don't love it to death. It's not far from what was thought to be the world's tallest tree in the '80s and a few other runner-ups, which are quite easy to find if you're willing to hike 17 miles round trip. It's very pretty out there.

[@samuelburke1622]

Animalogic got to come to Australia, we’d like to invite Tasha as well! Could you have a look at the Wollemi Pine?

[@siryak]

Our favorite coastal redwood grove burnt during last years fire season, and although most of the shrubs were burnt and and dead, the redwoods were still standing tall with just singed bark, and there were even some saplings sprouting out of the dirt and ash. The ferns were mostly wiped out, except for the ones nearest the creek. It is still a nice place to meditate among giants even if there is less greenery

[@lia2523]

Great episode! I noticed the diagram at 1:25 is incorrect for diameter. The diagram shows circumference around the tree, not diameter, which is a cross-section from side to side.

[@winterwolf2164]

Nice Ents reference at 3:04. Those trees look awesome, sequoia and bristle pine

[@AgentSeventyOne]

I went to school in Northern California, those trees are something else. I love going back whenever I get the chance.

[@WritingErick]

I love Tasha's energy so much in these videos

[@alexandereick1260]

for about 5 years I went camping in the sequoias with my family for about a week at the beginning of summer, and it's pretty amazing. I can't have as fun camping somewhere else because its never as beautiful as the wonderland of mountain and huge trees

[@namar688]

We got animals and plants yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay

[@xxalexiaxx8028]

Awesome job with this as always!!

[@simonac688.]

I have taken to grow 25 giant sequoias here in Canada my trees are now 7 months old now and are beautiful 🌲💙

[@idodoodle]

I would love to watch an episode about fig trees. They are so interesting!

[@Darknimbus3]

0:39 Hate to break it to you, but they are not even NEAR the largest thing to ever live. That award goes to Pando, the Aspen clone tree in Utah, taking up 108 acres and weighing around 6000 tonnes, and the honey fungus in Malheur National Forest in Oregon, which is spans around 2200 acres and weighs 605 tons.

[@idraote]

I love to feel small and tiny in comparison to such beautiful giants.

[@jeanettecooper1582]

I live in the Santa Cruz Mountains amongst the Coast Redwoods . This past year we were devastated by fire but the Redwoods are growing back. They are very precious to us small town folks . A mature Coastal Redwood can absorb up to 1500 gallons or water through their leaves from fog in a single day . The Dawn Redwood is deciduous so it looses it's leaves every winter unlike the evergreen redwoods . It was thought to be extinct until a small grove was discovered in China in 1940 .

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Everyone gangster til the trees start talking Yub Nub!

[@Threepeater6447]

And it did it trading and have economic with mushrooms

[@dj1211]

I used to live in the Bay area of California, my grandparents to me to see the sequoias and we even drove through one! Happy New Year Tasha, I love your videos!!

[@denseven]

I have always loved Animalogic, then you added Floralogic? You just keep on making me love the channel more! Thank you!

[@delightdelirium1]

I cackled a little too loudly at the Futurama reference lol. Awesome video!

[@mikanbalatoni3084]

I would love if you made a video about Pando, the one-tree forest in the US, in Utah I believe, it's my favourite plant ever. Please!

[@BrokenAnguissette]

Could you do an episode on bayan trees?! Or strangler figs in general? Its such a strange way to have adapted for trees, I find it really interesting!

[@carmensandiego211]

i grew up with all these trees. played hide and seek and camped out there all the time

[@bobbykemp4238]

All respect for trees lungs of the earth ❤️

[@georgepietersen123]

South Africa also has 6 massive Coastal Redwood groves over 120 years old. Not many people know about the super special South African Redwoods 🌲

[@AvB.83]

I'd love to see one of the those "OG giant sequoias" and the costal redwoods... I had the chance to see some of the European ones, in Brantôme in France and Baden-Baden in Germany, and even at that age and size, it's somewhat of an humbling experience. All of those trees I've seen grow in parks, and you walk around, you have what I'd consider "massive trees" around, ancient oaks, beech, linden, you wander around some more and then you see it from afar, this enormous thing that just dwarfs all the other trees in every single way. Like a Great Dane in a pack of French Bulldog. Only you know the Dane is still a pup and will grow to the size of a Grizzly. How someone would even consider cutting such a creature down for any reason is beyond me.

[@benjaminmccrink6415]

Her color eyes make her look so exotic. Even more than these trees

[@EternalWithin]

I live 3 miles away from the first ever discovered grove of these trees. Truly beautiful

[@talanigreywolf7110]

I came across Methuselah once, it was surreal being next to the possibly oldest living being on Earth.

[@TecraX2]

6:40 - Me in 2024: "Why wouldn't it be safe to travel?!?"

[@zellfaze]

I don't know how I feel about the trees being named after generals. Do they have names given by the indigenous folks if the region?

[@Jay-ho9io]

Yeah particularly since sherman would be considered a war criminal under any circumstances for what he did to several Indigenous Nations.

[@motorolas]

Visited both Sequoia trees over this past spring break and was breathtaking

[@johnsonbeyeriii]

Too bad we can’t bring back Tulare lake in the Central Valley. These trees need that lake for survival. Weird how nobody talks about Tulare lake

[@mayzabaan]

One of my first jobs was in Kings Canyon National Park. Those trees are awesome.

[@pilotx3mm420]

I will plant those trees outside my house to annoy future generations lmao

[@fancynonsense]

@animalogic I wonder what their root structure is like, specifically how massive.

[@matthewpolmanter8294]

I've visited the Grizzly Giant in one of Yosemite's sequoia groves. So cool!

[@planterbanter]

damn i bet that thing was huge

[@mr.dahliaking.202]

Please honor the spring and talk about tulips and how they made Holland loose it's shot on them back in the day

[@greathornedowl1783]

The tallest tree in the world was actually an Australian Eucalyptus Regnans(Mountain Ash) before it was chopped down in the 19th century. Its possible that one was 122 meters tall making it the tallest tree in the world at the time.

[@whispercure9770]

Awesome video, I was wondering if you guys could cover the tallest flowering trees in the world, Eucalyptus regnans. They're also known as Australian mountain ash or swamp gums, and just like the largest sequioas, the tallest E.regnans is named Centurion.

[@kathmandoozle]

Endor was actually filmed in the Coastal Redwoods of Northern California, not the Giant Sequoias that are much further south and inland.

[@Fede_99]

I'm really happy that this series keeps on going, I wasn't interested in plants but this series of videos are really interesting and I watch them with pleasure

[@ZitroKingCX]

Omg, this is my first time watching Floralogic and I love it😍😍😍🌱🌱🌱

[@yusufthegreat1232]

It would be cool if we introduced these giants to other environments! Imagine seeing em poking out of the Amazon like sky scrapers!

[@wizardoffrobozz]

@Tashaschumann So easy to listen. sure voice. logical presentation. Pace and cadence 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. Not to be too clinical, but you nailed it --the whole shebang. The info was so easy to absorb and retain. Teachers like you are ahhhhh! I appreciate the level to which you've brought your art.

[@saracosta620]

As for suggestions, I'm voting for Pando in Utah too! Oh, and giving Floralogic its own channel! I love these videos and your style, Tasha.

[@Thepeepbros]

Maybe you mentioned it and I missed it, but the bark of the giant sequoia is so light and airy. Like some type of styrofoam!

[@angrypossumsx1259]

Hey Tasha, that was awesome. Could you please do a segment on Tree Ferns? On a side note, Walter Burley Griffin the Californian architect of Canberra wanted Redwoods as the main street tree beleiving that the climate was similar and had thousands planted. Sadly most died leaving only a few scattered around Kingston and Reid. I’ve also seen Eucalyptus Regnans (Mountain Ash) the world’s tallest hardwood planted in gardens under powerlines!

[@MrRandom26]

General Sherman gifted me a piece of its bark. It's one of my most treasured possessions

[@seattlegrrlie]

Went this June. They're spectacular

[@Miikhiel]

I am growing some as bonsai! As well as their relatives, coastal redwoods and dawn redwoods.

[@Loafy23]

Have you done an episode on bamboo?