How old is the immortal tree?

Just off Highway 101 in Redcrest, the Immortal Tree might just be the most durable tree in history. The 1,000-year-old giant coastal redwood has survived lightning, forest fires, the logger's ax, and the devastating “Flood of 1964”, yet still lives to tell the tale.



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Only 5% of Redwoods are Left Because redwoods are extremely resistant to insects, fire and rot, they are treasured for building and 95% of them have been cut down since the 1850s 26.

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Some coastal redwoods have been known to be as old as 2,200 years old, and giant redwoods can live to over 3,000 years. One of the reasons redwoods live so long is due to a substance in their barks called tannin. This increases the tree's resistance to pests and diseases, and helps to deter insects like termites.

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Visit our restoration webpages to learn more about this exciting work. How many acres of old-growth forest are left? Fewer than 120,000 acres, or 5 percent, of the original redwood forest remains today.

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