Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
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N 37° 02.636 W 122° 04.365
10S E 582456 N 4100147
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park is a California State Park located in Santa Cruz County, primarily in the area in-between the cities of Santa Cruz, Felton, and Scotts Valley.
Waymark Code: WM5254
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2008
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The main park is approximately 1,750 acres (7.1 km²), and the Fall Creek extension is an additional 2,390 acres (9.7 km²). In the numerous stream canyons live large populations of Coast Redwoods, Douglas firs, California Bay Laurels, tanbark oaks, hazelnut, and Bigleaf Maples. The highest points are far enough above sea level to support fairly unique chaparral communities known as "elfin forests". The majority of the rest of the park is made up of mixed evergreen populations, including more Douglas firs, Pacific Madrones, live oaks, and even the occasional Ponderosa Pine, which is considered extremely rare at such low elevations. The old-growth redwoods, usually surrounded by many forms of fern and plentiful Redwood Sorrel, are located entirely in the main section of the park, as the Fall Creek area was logged extensively for fuel for sometime lime kilns.
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