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List of giant sequoia groves

Giant sequoia in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park

This is a list of giant sequoia groves. All naturally occurring giant sequoia groves are located in the moist, unglaciated ridges and valleys of the western slope of the Sierra Nevada range in California, United States. They can be found at elevations between 1,400 and 2,400 m (4,593 and 7,874 ft).

While many groves are within national park boundaries, such as Sequoia National Park and Yosemite National Park, most of the giant sequoia groves are under the care of the United States Forest Service, placing them outside the legislative mandate that excludes commercial timber harvest. Logging of non-sequoia timber continued as recently as the 1980, especially old-growth ponderosa and sugar pine, which have been logged almost to extinction amongst the groves.[1]

Groves in the northern half of the range (north of the Kings River) are widely scattered and host smaller collections of giant sequoias than groves found within and south of the Kings River watershed. The total area of all the groves combined is approximately 14,416 ha (35,623 acres). The groves are listed from north to south in the list below.

This list is based on five different sources, with slightly varying views on what constitutes a discrete grove; the differing interpretations are noted in italics. The lists of groves were compiled by Rundel (1972; recognizing 75 groves), Flint (1987; recognizing 65 groves), Willard (1994; recognizing 65 groves), the Giant Sequoia National Monument Visitor's Guide (2003), and the Draft Giant Sequoia National Monument Plan 2010. Currently, the U.S. National Park Service cites Rundel's total of 75 groves in its visitor publications. The updated lists from Willard and Flint are now known to be more accurate, therefore some of Rundel's 75 groves have been removed from this list. Below compiles a list of 81 giant sequoia groves.[2][failed verification]

North of the Kings River

The 7 groves north of the Kings River watershed are in Tahoe National Forest, Calaveras Big Trees State Park, Yosemite National Park, or Sierra National Forest (listed north to south):

Kings River watershed

The 18 groves in the Kings River watershed are in Kings Canyon National Park, the northern section of Giant Sequoia National Monument, or Sequoia National Forest, in southern Fresno County and northern Tulare County (listed north to south):

Kaweah River watershed

The 31 groves in the Kaweah River watershed are all in Sequoia National Park or in mixed BLM and private ownership, except the northernmost in Sequoia National Forest & Kings Canyon National Park (listed north to south):

Tule River, Kern River, and Deer Creek watersheds

The 25 groves in the Tule River, Kern River, and Deer Creek watersheds are mostly in Giant Sequoia National Monument, with some areas in Sequoia National Park, Mountain Home Demonstration State Forest, and Tule River Reservation; all are in southern Tulare County (listed north to south):

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References

  1. ^ Willard, Dwight. Selected Perspectives on the Giant Sequoia Groves (PDF). USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. USFS. pp. 15–16. PSW-GTR-151. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
  2. ^ Willard, Dwight. The Natural Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron Giganteum) Groves of the Sierra Nevada, California—An Updated Annotated List (PDF). USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. USFS. pp. 159–164. PSW-GTR-151. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2014-05-14.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "District Personnel Actively Managing Land burned in Rough Fire". www.fs.usda.gov. Archived from the original on 2016-06-14. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  4. ^ "Indian Basin Grove". USFS - Sequoia National Forest. Archived from the original on 17 May 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Giant sequoias - long survivors of the forest - succumbing to climate-driven wildfires". SFChronicle.com. 2019-09-12. Archived from the original on 2019-11-08. Retrieved 2019-11-08.
  6. ^ "Little Boulder Creek Grove". www.redwoodhikes.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  7. ^ Willard, Dwight (September 1, 2000). A Guide to the Sierra Groves of California. Yosemite Conservancy. ISBN 978-0939666812.
  8. ^ "Bearskin Grove". www.redwoodhikes.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  9. ^ a b c "2021 Fire Season Impacts to Giant Sequoias (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on 2023-02-09. Retrieved 2021-11-20.
  10. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "NPS: The Giant Sequoias of California (Brief Description and Location of Giant Sequoia Groves)". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-12-09.
  11. ^ "Atwell Grove". www.redwoodhikes.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  12. ^ "East Fork Grove". www.redwoodhikes.com. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  13. ^ "East Fork Grove". Natural Atlas. Archived from the original on 2019-11-16. Retrieved 2019-11-16.
  14. ^ "Case Mountain Giant Sequoia Grove Complex, Bakersfield Field Office, Bureau of Land Management California". Archived from the original on 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-10-20.
  15. ^ a b c d e f "Preliminary Estimates of Sequoia Mortality in the 2020 Castle Fire (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  16. ^ a b "Preliminary Estimates of Sequoia Mortality in the 2020 Castle Fire (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  17. ^ "Forgotten Grove: A Tale of Two Sequoias". I Love Trees. Archived from the original on 2021-11-08. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  18. ^ "Preliminary Estimates of Sequoia Mortality in the 2020 Castle Fire (U.S. National Park Service)". www.nps.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2021-11-08.
  19. ^ a b c d e f g h Alonzo, Denise (November 3, 2021). "Sequoia grove damage assessments continue". U.S. Forest Service. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 8, 2021.

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