Southern Redwood Botanical Area Explained

Southern Redwood Botanical Area
Map:USA California#USA
Relief:1
Location:Big Sur, California, United States
Nearest City:Big Sur, California
Coordinates:35.8283°N -121.3872°W
Governing Body:United States Forest Service

The Southern Redwood Botanical Area (also known as Southern Redwood Special Interest Area) is a ecological preserve in the southern region of Big Sur in Monterey County, California, just north of the national forest's Salmon Creek trailhead.[1] Established by the Los Padres National Forest of the United States Forest Service, it contains the southernmost naturally occurring Redwood.[2] The trees are located in the Little Redwood Gulch watershed adjacent to the Silver Peak Wilderness. The area is just north of the Salmon Creek trailhead.[3] [4]

In 2008, scientist J. Michael Fay published a map of the old growth redwoods based on his transect of the entire redwood range.[5] The southernmost tree is about from Highway 1. The reserve is north of San Carpoforo Creek. It is unmarked and is not open to the public.[6] [7] [8] [9] The botanical area is classified as a special interest area under Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 294.1(a) due to its unique botanical resources for public and scientific purposes.[10] [11]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: SEQUOIA sempervirens . andyswebtools.com . 27 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Los Padres National Forest - Nature & Science . Los Padres National Forest . 27 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Coast Redwood: Los Padres ForestWatch. www.lpfw.org. Los Padres Forestwatch. 6 February 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20170529200853/http://www.lpfw.org/archive/about/critters/coastredwood.htm. 29 May 2017. live.
  4. Web site: Los Padres National Forest. Redwoodhikes.com. 2012-08-07. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20120928002104/http://www.redwoodhikes.com/Big%20Sur/Los%20Padres.html. 2012-09-28.
  5. Web site: Fay . J. Michael . Redwood Transect-Big Sur Redwoods 2.0 . September 30, 2008 . January 1, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090125021444/http://bbs.keyhole.com/ubb/showthreaded.php/Cat/0/Number/1240564/page/0/vc/1. 25 January 2009 . live.
  6. Web site: Valle . Gary . Coast Redwoods Along the French Trail in Redwood Regional Park . Photography on the Run . 17 April 2020 . 14 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150924013216/http://photographyontherun.com/wp/coast-redwoods-along-the-french-trail-in-redwood-regional-park/ . 24 September 2015 . live .
  7. Web site: Southernmost Redwoods, California - 360-degree VR Panoramas . 360panos.com . 17 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191109051125/http://360panos.com/local/southernmost-redwoods-big-sur-california.php . 9 November 2019 . live .
  8. Web site: Coast Redwood : Los Padres ForestWatch . www.lpfw.org . 17 April 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170529200853/http://www.lpfw.org/archive/about/critters/coastredwood.htm . 29 May 2017 . live .
  9. Web site: Photography on the Run: Calflora/Google Maps image of coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) distribution in California. The southernmost naturally-occurring coast redwoods are in Monterey County, in the Southern Redwood Botanical Area of Los Padres National Forest. . photographyontherun.com . 17 April 2020.
  10. Book: Land and Resource Management Plan: Los Padres National Forest : Draft Forest Plan . 1986 . U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region, Los Padres National Forest . 17 April 2020 . en.
  11. Web site: 36 CFR § 294.1 - Recreation areas. . LII / Legal Information Institute . 17 April 2020 . en.

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