Most of the trees are 10 to 100 years old. They tend to average a little less than 2 inches of bark. Younger redwoods, especially less than 20 years old, burn easily because their bark is too thin. A ...

It may feel counterintuitive for a tree that can grow almost 400-feet high to have such soft skin, but the bark is a redwood's suit of armor, resisting not just fire, but also decay and parasites.

Tree bark is involved with water storage and with mechanical support of the tree. Coastal redwood trees commonly have extremely thick (as much as two feet or more) outer bark around the base of ...

The earliest redwood trees existed more than 200 million years ago alongside dinosaurs in the Jurassic period. Their natural range has shrunk a lot in that time, ... Perhaps their most identifiable ...

Redwoods can be topped, particularly if the tree is small, like the ones you describe, and the cuts are relatively small. Many may think 30 feet is not small.

The name “redwood” comes from their reddish-brown bark and heartwood. A dawn redwood towers over its neighbors and a home on Feb. 5, 2025, in Stevensville, Mich.