redwood grove

Towering ancient stand

A redwood grove is a stand of redwood trees, typically the towering coast redwoods of Northern California.

These groves create distinctive ecosystems—cathedral-like spaces where filtered light reaches the forest floor through canopies hundreds of feet overhead.

Many named groves are protected in state and national parks: We hiked through the redwood grove at Muir Woods.

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national park · John Muir · ferns · moss · cathedral · fog · bark · silence · canopy · giants · coastal · coastal fog · shade · damp · trails · tree hugger · stillness · majesty

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vegetation density/grouping

redwood groveclear-cut

Plainly evident, unmistakable

landscape type

redwood grovedesert

To leave behind completely

sand dunes · rocky outcrop · salt flat · tundra · scorched earth

ecological character

redwood groveDeath Valley

Below-sea-level California desert

Sahara Desert · frozen wasteland · strip mine · industrial zone · deciduous forest

Family

wood, grove, redwood, redden, reddish, redder, reddest, woods, wooded

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G