Sequoia National Park Geocoin

To keep moving, to explore as much as possible, and most importantly to visit great trees of the world:

1. Giant Sequoias (Largest Tree by Volume)
2. Baobab Tree
3. Bayan Tree
4. Bengal Fig (Largest Spread)
5. Bristlecone Pine (Oldest Individual Tree)
6. Coastal Redwood Tree (Tallest Tree)
7. Joshua Tree
8. Mesquite Tree (Most Resistant Tree)
9. Montezuma Cypress (Largest Girth)
10. Mountain Ash (Tallest Flowering Tree)
11. Oak Tree
12. Palo Verde Tree
13. Quacking Aspen Tree
14. Sacred Fig (Most Revered Tree)
15. Saguaro

There will be two very curious kids watching the progress of this coin. This coin wants to travel far and wide. You can take the coin anywhere, just please do not keep it, but rather move it along.

Don't keep this coin - it is not a trade item!

Log it out of the cache you found it in, then place it in another cache and log it in there. Please try to place it into another geocache within two weeks if you can. I would like as many cachers as possible to be able to see and enjoy this coin.

The Sequoia National Park (USA) is a wonderful place to explore and learn about the Giant Sequoias.  Giant Sequoias are the world's largest trees in terms of total volume.  They grow to an average height of 50–85 metres (160–279 ft) and 6–8 metres (20–26 ft) in diameter.  Record trees have been measured to be 94.8 metres (311 ft) in height and 17 metres (56 ft) in diameter.  The oldest known Giant Sequoia based on ring count is 3,500 years old.  Sequoia bark is fibrous, furrowed, and may be 90 centimetres (3.0 ft) thick at the base of the columnar trunk.  It provides significant fire protection for the trees.  The leaves are evergreen, awl-shaped, 3–6 mm long, and arranged spirally on the shoots.  The seed cones are 4–7 cm long and mature in 18–20 months, though they typically remain green and closed for up to 20 years; each cone has 30-50 spirally arranged scales, with several seeds on each scale giving an average of 230 seeds per cone.  The seed is dark brown, 4–5 mm long and 1 mm broad, with a 1 mm wide yellow-brown wing along each side.  Some seed is shed when the cone scales shrink during hot weather in late summer, but most seeds are liberated when the cone dries from fire heat or is damaged by insects.

One of the famous trees within the park is the General Sherman with a height of 83.8 metres (275 ft). As of 2002, the volume of its trunk measured about 1,487 cubic metres (52,513 cu ft), making it the largest known non-clonal tree by volume.  The tree is believed to be between 2,300 and 2,700 years old.

You can learn more about the park by visiting the NPS at: http://www.nps.gov/seki/index.htm

List of Famous Trees: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_famous_trees

Pictures of the coin by any of the above listed trees or trees that you like or at interesting sites would be greatly appreciated.

Please help keep this geocoin moving on its journey and having adventures along the way.

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