On Tuesday December 4, 2012, Archangel Ancient Tree Archive planted two clones grown from stumps near the Oregon California border and 28 of California's largest, oldest coast redwoods and giant sequoias -- on four acres south of Port Orford. The planting, which will later include 248 additional clones, is Archangel's first attempt to re-create an old-growth forest from its storehouse of rooted cuttings from "champion" trees, the tallest, oldest and largest samples of each species it can find. The group picked Port Orford, just north of the coast redwood's main range, as a hedge in case global warming weakens the trees down south. Read "Ancient redwoods, giant sequoias to be 'archived' on Oregon coast".
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