Giant Redwoods of California at home in Britain – BBC News
One of the world’s largest trees, the California Redwood, is alive and well – in Britain – according to scientists named in a BBC report.
There are almost ten times more of these majestic trees growing in the Uk than in their native Californian habitat . The trees were seen as trophy assets by British aristocrats during the Victorian Age in the 19th century . Due to the foggy damp environment which has climatic similarities with the coastal Californian marine layer, the sort after trees thrived in Britain. The trees are much younger – and smaller – than their Californian cousins which can live for more than a thousand years .
Check out the BBC story HERE
And read our story on the Californian redwoods HERE