Redwood trees are the tallest trees in the whole world! The tallest one, named Hyperion, stands at 379 feet tall, which is about as high as a 35-story skyscraper. These giant trees can live for more than 2,000 years and have been around since the time of the dinosaurs.
Redwood bark is thick, fuzzy, and a beautiful reddish-brown color, and it can grow up to 12 inches thick! That super-thick bark works like a suit of armor, protecting the tree from forest fires and pesky bugs. Even though redwoods are enormous, their pinecones are surprisingly tiny, only about one inch long.
Redwood trees grow along the coast of California, where cool fog rolls in from the ocean. Redwoods can actually drink fog right through their needles, which gives them almost half the water they need! Sometimes new redwood trees sprout in circles around an old tree, and people call these magical rings “fairy rings!”
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