You may have ever seen a Giant Sequoia that had its trunk hollowed out a bit so that people could walk through it. As well. This beautiful specimen, known as Pioneer Cabin Treewho grew up in Calaveras County Park in California, is no longer there.
An intense storm, the worst to hit the area in decades, has brought it down. But why?
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Image – Jim Allday
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Image – Jim Allday
It seems that Having a superficial root system as well as the tunnel that was made to the trunk had a lot to do with it. Park volunteer Jim Allday, from Arnold, California, said that when he left Sunday afternoon the trail was literally a river. If it had been another species, adapted to living on riverbanks, or if nothing had been done to its trunk, it would probably still be standing.
The heavy rains that fell were enough to destroy a specimen that represented Calaveras County Park for centuries. A real shame. Allday added:
I could see the tree on the ground, it looked like it was lying in a pond or lake with a river running through it.
His wife, Joan, told San Francisco Chronicle which the tree had been weak for yearsand that he had even started to lean to one side.
He was barely alive, there was a live branch on top.
Image – Facebook / Calaveras Big Trees
But it was very fragile, and had already started to get up, which indicates that the specimen was losing the fight for life.
A Facebook post from the Calaveras Big Trees Association on Sunday afternoon had more than 800 comments from people saying goodbye to the historic Giant Sequoia and sharing photos of it. One user said:
Nature gave us this beautiful tree and Mother Nature took it from us. It was nice to see him in person.
The sequoia, in the year 1885. Image – Twitter @HdAnchiano
A lost gem.
