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| This giant sequoia is located at the corner of Moss and Richardson in Victoria, BC, and may be the largest tree in the city. |
In the ten years I lived in the Victoria, BC area, the big tree hunter in me was blown away by the beauty of the massive urban sequoias.
These trees are north of their usual range in California, but some have still managed to become large, eye-popping trees.
I published a post about my project of mapping some of the trees I found so others could find and enjoy them, too.
That post, Mapping The Giant Sequoias Of Victoria, BC is the second most viewed post on our blog.
It also has more comments than anything else I have published here, as readers share their favourite Victoria sequoias over the years.
A while back, a comment on that post alerted me to the work of other Victoria-based sequoia hunters that have picked up on my mapping project.
These big tree aficionados have found more than 350 of these trees in the Victoria area!
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| A giant sequoia in Beacon Hill Park, Victoria, BC |
Here is the comment they left on our blog:
"Thanks to Greg's initial idea, this winter we have made an effort to identify as many sequoias in Victoria as possible while walking all around the city.
We have actually found more than 350(!) of them (including a half dozen Coast Redwoods), much to our surprise.
The map showing all the sequoias we have found so far around Victoria is now online at:
Not Only Natural website
We hope that people here will find it interesting/helpful. Yes it was a bit of work looking for them, but also quite enjoyable - and thought-provoking.
Please have a look at the map and let us know what you think - and if you know of any sequoias we have not yet seen. (We haven't included dawn redwoods, just because they seem to be in a different category than the redwoods that naturally grow south of here.)
Wow! Thanks to the good folks over at the Not Only Natural. It is heartening to see the project I initiated continuing on and being expanded.
We also have to thank the good people of Victoria, BC and area that have commented here to share their favourite big sequoias, making this urban big tree project more fun and complete.
Please do take a look at the Not Only Natural website and map.
Is your favourite Victoria giant sequoia on it?
