Do redwood trees grow in Oregon?

There is a tiny corner of Oregon where the Redwoods thrive, within a 450-mile-long “fog belt” just miles from the California border. They aren't as giant as the famous behemoths just 90 minutes away in Redwood National Park, but they offer something a little different.



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Southern Oregon Roughly 18 miles north, the Redwood Nature Trail in the Siskiyou National Forest is lined with trees that stretch up to 250 feet tall, and the largest of the bunch are estimated to be nearly 800 years old.

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While most people stop at the Redwoods National and State Parks in northern California, the trees continue growing across the border, planting their roots into the forests of southwest Oregon. Admittedly, the trees in Oregon are much smaller and far less impressive than the famous stands in California.

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The only place in the world that coast redwood trees grow naturally is along the coast of California and southern Oregon.

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Coast redwoods range from southern Oregon to central California, extending not more than fifty miles inland- only as far as the coastal climate has its influence. Fog plays a vital role in the survival of these trees, protecting them from the summer drought conditions typical of this area.

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California is renowned for its Pacific Ocean views and ancient redwood forests. Better Place Forests offers beautiful, tranquil memorial tree locations throughout the state, including new forests coming soon to Yosemite Gateway and the Western Sierra.

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Coast redwoods also have a limited natural range and are found alongside the Pacific Coast in northern California and southern Oregon. Redwoods are the tallest trees in the world and grow cloaked in fog that rolls through their canopies as warm air masses are cooled by the Pacific Ocean.

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Hyperion is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in California that is the world's tallest known living tree, measuring 115.92 m (380.3 ft). Hyperion was discovered on August 25, 2006, by naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor. The tree was verified as standing 115.55 m (379.1 ft) tall by Stephen Sillett.

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The Coast Redwood grows only within the summer fog belt of California and southwestern Oregon. There are three small groves in Oregon; the others occur along the coast of California.

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Redwoods also boast some of the world's oldest trees—California redwoods can live more than 2,000 years, while their close relatives, the giant sequoias, have been recorded at nearly 3,500 years of age.

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