ghostsofevolution's video: CTL 9A - California Redwoods Thrive in Pacific NW Intro Hutt Park

CTL 9a is the first in a 9-part series of videos on how landscapers (beginning a century or more ago) introduced California's Coast Redwood and interior Giant Sequoia to the Pacific Northwest — ranging from Portland to Puget Sound. Narration in Hutt Park, Seattle, is provided by Connie Barlow (founder of Torreya Guardians), Michael Foster (founder of the Seattle chapter of Plant-for-the-Planet), and Philip Stielstra (founder of "Moving the Giants to Puget Sound"). A special thanks to Jesse Curran, horticulturalist with Edmonds Parks Maintenance, who alerted Philip Stielstra to the naturalizing redwoods of Hutt Park. 00:08 - Introduction by Connie Barlow (in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park) 04:44 - Hutt Park, north of Seattle, background info 05:41 - Profiles of the 3 Hutt Park explorers/narrators on June 25, 2017 (Barlow, Stielstra, Foster) 08:43 - Philip Stielstra speaks alongside the "Mother Tree" in Hutt Park; another original mature redwood is some 50 feet away but wasn't filmed in this video. 09:34 - Philip takes the group to the oldest group of younger redwoods 12:01 - Michael Foster speaks by a young redwood where surroundings have been pruned Correction: Park Staff confirm that trimmed branches and outer-bark scraping owe to removal of exotic ivy Spring 2017. Ivy removal by Earth Corps and area volunteers continues, with 3 more work sessions scheduled for 2017. Goal: total ivy removal and replacement by native Salal, Oregon grape, ferns, and mulch as ground cover. 15:37 - Michael Foster speaks of redwoods as superb trees for sequestering excess carbon 16:48 - Michael Foster background photo, as one of 5 climate activist 'valve turners' 16:58 - Foster & Barlow discuss severe problems caused by introduction of English Ivy 17:35 - Philip Stielstra speaks of a work party at Hutt Park that removed some ivy 18:05 - Philip shows a young redwood liberated from surrounding ivy 18:47 - Smallest redwood seen before Foster and Stielstra depart; Barlow keeps exploring 19:20 - Barlow returns to the "Mother Tree" redwood; evidence of pollen cone 20:40 - Correction: both spruce trees are Norway Spruce, not Sitka Spruce 21:53 - Redwood, 12-foot-tall, has basal sprouts and nascent burls on stem 23:23 - Close look at a mature native Grand Fir conifer tree 24:15 - Discovery of a very young redwood seedling, alongside path and ivy 26:24 - A second Sitka Spruce, much younger, struggling in shade 26:54 - Discovery of a second invasive species (laurel?) from the original landscaping 27:30 - Views of invasive English Ivy creating dense coverings on mature tree trunks 28:49 - How both the invasive, ivy and laurel(?) is hard to destroy; regrows from roots 29:43 - Difference in bark bt. mature Douglas-fir and Grand Fir 30:18 - Difference in bark bt. mature Douglas-fir and Western Red Cedar 30:53 - Very large specimens of native Bigleaf Maple 31:24 - Another very young redwood seedling by path and ivy 33:12 - Another huge Bigleaf Maple near an old Douglas-fir 33:55 - Connie shows an old native Pacific Yew and how to distinguish from redwood 36:43 - Entering the widest trail, where many seedlings grow right alongside it 37:04 - The only seedling indeterminate as to whether it is redwood or yew 38:06 - back to viewing a number of very small redwood seedlings 41:33 - Western Hemlock tree growing on "stilts" over a decomposing Red Cedar stump 42:14 - Resume survey of young redwoods along widest path 42:29 - Redwood seedlings struggling to rise above the shade of giant Sword Ferns 45:40 - Seedling made a 90-degree turn to find the sun 46:13 - An old Bigleaf Maple, then continue finding redwood seedlings along wide trail 48:35 - Detour on small trail to visit the biggest, oldest Douglas-fir in Hutt Park 50:24 - Discovery of the tiniest redwood seedling, underneath huge fronds of Sword Fern 51:33 - A larger redwood seedling on the opposite side of the wide path. 52:42 - Return to beginning, alongside one of the original two Redwood trees now mature 55:11 - Field videography ends, closing slides and list of affiliated groups UPDATE ON HUTT PARK REDWOODS, DECEMBER 2019: Apparently 90% of the redwoods onsite were planted, so very few of those shown in this video are indeed evidence of full species "naturaliization." However, even though only a few are in that category, the evidence is still solid that this California native is fully capable of maintaining, reproducing, dispersing, and establishing in fog-laden regions of coastal Pac-NW. As to ongoing invasive species removal, targeted species are English Ivy, English Laurel, and Himalayan Blackberry. Replacement by natives are mostly understory species, with some Sitka Spruce, Grandfir, Shore Pine, and Pacific Madrone trees. Original non-native trees left in place are the 2 tall Redwoods, 1 Deodar Cedar, and Norway Spruce. List of all videos in "CLIMATE, TREES, & LEGACY" SERIES by Connie Barlow: http://thegreatstory.org/climate-trees-legacy.html