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History, adventure await at Big Basin Redwoods

By: Jaymi Heimbuch on May 16, 2013, 6:06 p.m.

Big Basin flower

Photo: Allie_Caulfield/Flickr

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Wildflower power

Wildflowers are common in the spring, and species include redwood sorrel, trillium, star lily and mountain iris. Like the tree species, flower species shift as one moves from the forest floor up into the surrounding hillsides.

Big Basin Father Tree

Big Basin Douglas fir

Big Basin tree rings

Big Basin fungus

Big Basin rough-skinned newt

Big Basin buckeye

Big Basin flower

Big Basin perspective

Big Basin forum

Big Basin wood bridge

Big Basin time capsule

Wildflower power

Wildflowers are common in the spring, and species include redwood sorrel, trillium, star lily and mountain iris. Like the tree species, flower species shift as one moves from the forest floor up into the surrounding hillsides.