California redwood


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Noun1.California redwood - lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big SurCalifornia redwood - lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitats
genus Sequoia - redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceae
sequoia, redwood - either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
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Experiences range fromvisiting an elephant sanctuary at a Laotian World Heritage Site to truffle-hunting with trained canines in Tuscany, "adopting" a coral garden in Bermuda's ocean waters, horseback riding through a California redwood forest and walking through the doors of a chef's own home for an authentic Middle Eastern feast.
Students are also in the process of capturing virtual reality data, such as one team of five students that is creating content in the California redwood forest, Cutchin said.
Portions of the security checkpoint at OAK Terminal 2 have been transformed to depict some of the most soothing aspects of nature, including the sights and sounds of a California redwood forest, a blue sky filled with clouds, and a 1,500-square foot "living wall" filled with plants that act as natural air filters.
Designed by California-based Daniels Wood Land, the wooden structures are built from California redwood and old wine barrels.
But then Accarrino gets one more idea and jogs over to a California redwood that shades the house, breaking off a two-foot-long branch to bring home.
The triumphant final scene--inspired by activist Julia "Butterfly" Hill, who climbed an ancient California redwood in 1997 and lived there for 738 days to protest logging--shows Cynthia exiting a small door to scale a giant sequoia.
During their walk, the leaders stopped to sit on a custom-designed park bench made of California redwood that Obama presented to Xi as a gift.
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The Wonder Plot would produce four times the amount of board-feet expected from an average stand, a volume Fritz called 'astronomic, even for California redwood.'
During a 2000 speech at the UO, tree-sitter Julia "Butterfly" Hill is heckled to tears by a masked trio who claimed that after a two-year protest perched in a California redwood, she "sold out" to a logging company.
He was recognized with an Emmy Award in 1999 for a story on an Arkansas woman who had taken residence in a tree in a California redwood to protect it from loggers and with an Edward R.
Woven in Amsterdam, N.Y., by Shuttleworth Brothers in 1917, it depicts several scenes from the country at that time: aviatrix Ruth Law flying over the Statue of Liberty during the floodlighting ceremony, a ship passing through the brand-new Panama Canal, and a Model T Ford driving through a California Redwood tree.

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