(AP) - For over half a century, one coastal redwood grew tall and ... partly because it had sunk its roots into the city’s sewer system, and that meant the tree had to come down.

Redwood trees have shallow root systems that extend over 100 feet from the base. They thrive in moist, coastal climates where their roots intertwine with the roots of other redwoods. Almost a ...

The tree had been hollowed out by previous wildfires, but its root system was nourished by younger generations of redwoods. "State Parks is devastated by the loss of this much beloved redwood tree ...

“The usage was having an impact on the vegetation and potentially the root system of the very tree that people are going there to visit,” Leonel Arguello, Redwood National Park’s chief of ...