![]() Giant Douglas Firs and western red cedars dominate the the valleys and hillsides throughout the mountainous region. As opposed to the near-constant rain that feeds the trees in the Olympic Peninsula and the coast, trees in the Washington Cascades are nourished by the ample snowpack that falls throughout the winter. The Cascade Range runs like a spine through the middle of Washington State and traps precipitation of weather systems originating from the coast. This fir’s prominence in Pacific Northwest folklore has made it the symbol of the unofficial flag of the Cascadia bioregion. The great Douglas fir tree may not be as large as the others but it can grow to towering heights that rival the redwoods. Sitka spruces are generally found near coastal regions and are sometimes completely enveloped by moss, giving them an incredible primordial look. Similarly, western red cedars can grow to absolutely gigantic proportions, particularly in the wet climates of the Olympic Peninsula and Vancouver Island. The redwoods that grow at Cascadia’s southern end receive enough precipitation to shatter height, girth, and volume records. For the most part, the following reports highlights the five giant tree species of the region: coastal redwood, western red cedar, Douglas fir, Sikta spruce, and western hemlock. These six ancient forest guides focus on the specific regions within Cascadia with the largest and oldest trees - western Washington (particularly the Olympic Peninsula), southwest British Columbia and Vancouver Island, California’s redwood forests, and western Oregon. Cascadia’s forests have more than twice the volume of biomass per unit of area as the world’s tropical rainforests and support huge varieties of mosses lichens, ferns, and shrubs in addition to countless mammals, birds, and insects. The enormous, ancient trees that live here are among the tallest, widest, oldest, and most massive in the world with individual lifespans reaching 500 to 2,000 years. This is the land of old-growth forest superlatives. It centers on the Cascadia Bioregion, which is also referred to as the Pacific Northwest Bioregion, and encompasses all of Washington, and portions of Oregon, Idaho, California, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, Alaska, Yukon, and British Columbia. The Ancient Forest Project is one of a few, if not the only, comprehensive documentation of the largest, tallest, and oldest trees in the world.
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