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Giant Sequoia Trees Face "Drying" Times

February 17, 2016 Diane Banegas, U.S. Forest Service

“A mature Giant Sequoia can use 500-800 gallons of water every day during the summer,” said Anthony Ambrose, a tree biologist at U.C. Berkeley. “That’s a lot of water necessary for just one tree.” For the first time in at least 125 years, Giant Sequoias in the southern Sierra Nevada Mountains of...

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