Why is the exact physical location of the Hyperion tree kept secret from the public?
Chapter 1

Rise of the ancient redwood family

Chapter 2

The physics of drinking from the sky

Chapter 3

Shields of armor and underground networks

Chapter 4

The secret world of the canopy

YOUR GOAL

Master of How redwoods became giants

Ch 4 · The secret world of the canopy
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misslily The discovery of canopy soils

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misslily Redwood Canopy Secret World

When coastal fog rolls in, soft and deep, Redwood canopies their moisture keep.

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misslily Hyperion and the search for the tallest

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Hyperion and the search for the tallest

misslily Hyperion is currently the world's tallest living tree, standing at over 380 feet.

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The wandering salamander's sky home

misslily A unique species of lungless salamander lives its entire life in the redwood canopy.

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The secret world of the canopy
BETA

misslily Drag water droplets through leaves to discover how canopy fog helps redwoods grow so tall.

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Fun Fact

Canopy huckleberries: Aerial soil mats in redwood canopies can grow wild huckleberry bushes over 200 feet in the air.

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Glossary
canopy (noun)
The high, leafy overhead layer formed by the crowns of trees in a forest. In the 1990s, Stephen Sillett pioneered climbing techniques to study the rich ecosystems of this redwood canopy.

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Gossip

Would you climb a giant redwood?

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Quiz

What is the circular pattern of cloned redwood trees growing around a parent stump called?

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misslily The wandering salamander's sky home

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Quiz

How deep can the aerial soil mats on redwood branches grow over hundreds of years?

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misslily Cloning themselves through fairy rings

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Quiz

How do redwoods naturally clone themselves when the main trunk is damaged?

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Quiz

Who pioneered climbing techniques in the 1990s to study redwood canopy ecosystems?

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Quiz

What is the name of the world's tallest living coast redwood discovered in 2006?

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Quiz

Why is the exact physical location of the Hyperion tree kept secret from the public?

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Quiz

What unique creature lives its entire life in soil mats 200 feet high in the redwood canopy?

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Quiz

How does the wandering salamander survive falls from high redwood branches?

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