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First, it has a thick, fire-resistant bark. A swiftly moving fire won't harm it. Second, it has a secret store of buds hidden under its thick bark. After a fire, the buds sprout, and soon the tree has new needles to replace ones burned away by fire. Third, some cones stay tightly closed until there is a fire. The intense heat causes these cones to open. Their seeds then drift out and land on soil that has been cleared of debris by the fire. Almost immediately, these seeds begin to growfar sooner than any other tree nearby.

Redwoods once covered a couple of million acres along the coasts of California and Oregon, thriving in the frequent ocean fogs that blanketed them there. As more and more people moved to this beautiful area, large areas ot torest were cut to make room for houses. Redwood timber is prized as lumber, and many, many of these trees have been cut down for their wood. Fortunately, redwoods are such beautiful trees that people wanted to preserve them. Now many parks are dedicated to keeping redwood forests for everyone to enjoy.

A small metal tube is driven into a tree to obtain a sample of the wood, from the bark to the heartwood at the trunk's center. The sample is studied in the laboratory to discover patterns in weather and the extent of fire and insect damage in past years. Page 45 Page 47 PART THREE NORTH AMERICAN FORESTS Page 48 The Oldest Living Trees The oldest tree alive fives on a rocky slope high in the White Mountains of California. It sprouted there more than 4,500 years ago, while the pyramids of Egypt were being built.

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