Natural History Report on Sierra Nevada Trip

The most commonly known rock types found at Lodgepole (as demonstrated in the Visitor Center) are schist, granite, and marble. This giant sequoia is the world’s largest living thing and its sheer presence is very commanding when looking up toward its branches while standing by its trunk.

The most electrifying moment of the sequoia trip for me was when I got to view first-hand, General Sherman. er, willows, live oaks, and California Buckeye were all found in the lower altitudes of under 4,000 ft. I think this was my third visit to Sequoia Park but by far the most educating

------------------------------------------------------------------------

**Bibliography**

As we made our way up through the Giant Forest of the Sequoia, the elevation reached over 5,000 feet, which made it possible to see some conifer tree communities. Inside the Giant Forest lives hundreds of the world’s biggest and widest based trees. We stopped to admire the trees of the Giant Forest.

As we made our way up through the Giant Forest of the Sequoia, the elevation reached over 5,000 feet, which made it possible to see some conifer tree communities. We stopped to admire the trees of the Giant Forest. These giant sequoias are the world’s most ancient tree family, largest in diameter, and they only grow at high altitudes, making it seem as if they are reaching for the heavens with majesty, grace, and beauty that sequoia possesses. We drove by white fir, red fir, sugar pine, lodgepole pine, ponderosa pine, incense cedar, and of course, the giant sequoias. We drove by white fir, red fir, sugar pine, lodgepole pine, ponderosa pine, incense cedar, and of course, the giant sequoias.