The coast redwood environment recycles naturally: because the 100-plus inches
of annual rainfall leaves the soil with few nutrients, the trees rely
on each other, living and dead for their vital nutrients. The trees need
to decay naturally to fully participate in this cycle, so when logging
occurs, the natural recycling is interrupted.
The common names are the - Coastal Redwood
- the Sierra Redwood
- and the Dawn Redwood
The Dawn Redwood is the only one of the three that is deciduous. The other two varieties are evergreen. When you are listing redwood tree facts, you have to get used to dealing with some large numbers. The redwood has the distinction of producing the highest volume of biomass per unit of land surface. Save our trees. Go outside and plant one.