Muir Woods National
Monument is located in Marin County, California and managed by the National Park
Service. It has its popularity by locating near to major cities around the bay
area including San Francisco. It has been providing outstanding scenic
atmosphere and hiking/biking trails to people those who love coast redwood
trees. Out of 611 acres that initially purchased by Kents, 295 acres of forest
that is mostly occupied by redwood trees became the monument. [2] The
trees in the Muir Woods and other living creatures are growing relatively fast
because they are constantly influenced by fog belt, which is formed by the Pacific
Ocean that is only 2 miles away from the forest. Frequent fog in this area is
critical to the growth of redwood trees because the Muir Woods is located area
that has Mediterranean scrub biome where it gets very dry during summer and fog
belt can provide constant moisture not only to redwoods but other living creatures.
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