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Tree Adventure - Dawn Redwood Grove

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The Dawn Redwood Grove
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The Dawn Redwood Grove
Meet the Living Fossils

Learn about plant explorers and discover the story behind these magnificent “living fossils,” as well as how to measure the height of trees. Once common across North America, these trees were thought to have become extinct nearly 2 million years ago. Today, they exist because of the efforts of early plant explorers.This grove includes some of the oldest and largest dawn redwoods in the country. See for yourself just how large they’ve grown.

Dawn Redwood