page_title: Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
section_title: Trees
hierarchical_section_title: Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park / Trees
caption_attribution_description: English: A redwood tree shattered by lightning, with shards thrown in every direction. Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California.
context_page_description: Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park is a state park, located in Humboldt County, California, near the town of Orick and 50 miles north of Eureka. The 14,000 acre park is a coastal sanctuary for old-growth Coast Redwood trees.
  The park is jointly managed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the National Park Service as a part of the Redwood National and State Parks. These parks have been collectively designated as a World Heritage Site and form part of the California Coast Ranges International Biosphere Reserve.
  The meadow along the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway, with its population of Roosevelt elk, is considered a centerpiece of the park, located near the information center and campground. These open areas of grassland within the redwood forest are locally known as prairies; and the park takes its name from Prairie Creek flowing near the western edge of the meadow and along the west side of the parkway. Other popular sites in the park are Fern Canyon and Gold Bluffs Beach. The park is also home to the tailed frog and several species of salmon.
context_section_description: Notable redwoods include Big Tree, Corkscrew Redwood, and the Cathedral Trees. Many redwoods in the park have reached 300 feet (91 m) tall.
  Besides Coast redwoods, other tall coniferous tree species in the park's forests include coast Douglas fir, Sitka spruce and western hemlock.
caption: Lightning-shattered redwood, seen along Prairie Creek Trail, north of Tunnel Log
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