Temperate Rainforest: California Redwoods
To my mind, Eureka serves as the dividing line between California's southern redwoods and northern redwoods. North of Eureka, the redwoods of Humboldt and Del Norte counties mingle along creeks with Sitka Spruce, western hemlock, and western redcedar. © 1996. Sawyer, J. O., Jr. Northern California. In R. Kirk (Ed.), The Enduring Forests. Seattle: The Mountaineers, p. 23.

Left: Summer on the Klamath River in northern California. Note the width of the river banks as indicated by the sand and gravel. In late winter, the banks are covered with melted water and rain, and even flooding beyond the banks is common. Photo: Ed Shay

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