Tall trees

Researchers Discover the Tallest Known Tree in the Amazon

88.5 meters, or over 290 feet

This tree is not as tall as the tallest tree in the bay area! There is a 328-foot redwood tree in Big Basin.

Amazing a tree that tall can get things from the root that high. Unless the tops work differently?

Redwoods depend on the humidity and fog from the pacific coast to get water to its highest parts and to keep it from drying out.

Foliar Uptake of Fog in the Coast Redwood Ecosystem: a Novel Drought-Alleviation Strategy Shared by Most Redwood Forest Plant

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