I-Sequoia ngumthi, ide kunazo zonke ehlabathini

Wonke umntu uvile ngalo mthi, kodwa bambalwa abakwazi ukukubona. Nangona kukho ukuthandwa kakhulu, ngenxa yezizathu ezimbalwa, ukuhanjiswa kwayo kunqongophele. I-Sequoia ngumthi onguhlobo lwama-conifers, intsapho ye-cypress, i-subfamily sequoioideae. Iqulethwe ngeentlobo ezimbini: i-sequoia enkulu kunye neqhoqho. Zombini ezi ntlobo zikhula eNyakatho Melika eNxweme yePacific.

Iingcali zenzululwazi ziqinisekile ukuba kwixesha elingaphambili le ndawo inommangaliso ehlala kuyo yonke indawo esenyakatho yehlabathi lethu. Igama laso langoku lomthi kwakungekho ngokukhawuleza: abaseBrithani nabamaMerika bazama ukuqhubela amaqhawe abo kuwo. Kwaye kwafika ingcamango: umthi wagqitywa ukubizwa ngokuba ngumholi wenkosi yaseCherokee, uSequoyah, ngokukhawuleza ukhuthaza abantu bakhe ukuba balwe kunye nabaseBrithani kunye namaMerika.

Evergreen kwaye ide

Namhlanje, esi sityalo sikhula kuphela kwindawo encinci eNyakatho yeKalifornia naseMzantsi Oregon, kwinqanaba elincinci elunxwemeni. I-Evergreen i-sequoia ngumthi ophezulu kunazo zonke kwixesha lethu emhlabeni. Ngokuqhelekileyo ukuphakama kwayo kuyahluka ukusuka kwimitha engama-60 kuya kwe-90, kodwa kwakukho iimimitha ezide kunama-100 m, kwaye enye yazo yafikelela kwimizuzu engama-113. Ininzi yabo ikhula kwiParkwood National Park, kwiintaba zeentaba ezijongene nolwandle, kunye neentlambo zentlambo.

I-trunk ye-sequoia ine-bark ebunzima kunye ne-fibrous. Ngelixa isityalo siselula, sihamba kunye nobude bomhlaba wonke, kodwa nangokweminyaka, amagatsha aphantsi alahlekile, kwaye kuphela ephezulu isithsaba esinyeneyo senziwa. I-undergrowth kulehlathi iyahluma ngenxa yokungabikho kokukhanyisa. Nangona ukuba umthi omdala wembewu unika okuninzi, inxalenye encinane yabo ikhula, kwaye le nxalenye inzima kakhulu - akukho ilanga elaneleyo. Ngenxa yokuveliswa okukhawulezayo kwe-sequoia (umthi osetyenziswa ukucinywa kakhulu), kwakukude ukuphela. Namhlanje iindawo eziphambili zokukhula kwesi sityalo esimangalisayo zithathwa ngaphantsi kokukhuselwa, kwaye ukusika kwabo kunqatshelwe.

IPiquoia National Park

Intsimi yale ndawo enkulu yokugcina i-North America yindawo yokugcina ye- sequoia enkulu. Lo mthi ubhekwa ngokufanelekileyo njengowona mhlaba ophilileyo. Ngokubhekiselele kumyinge kunye nokulinda kwexesha lokuphila elilinganayo kuluntu apho. Ukuba khona kwe-giant sequoia kubalwa kungekhona ngamashumi okanye nangamakhulu eminyaka, kodwa ngeminyaka eyi-millenni - inokuphila iminyaka engama-4000. I-trunk yomthi ixesha elide likhula lide ubude beemitha ezili-95, kwaye ububanzi bukhula ukuya kwiimitha ezili-10 okanye ngaphezulu. Jikelele uSherman - oko kuthiwa yi-sequoia - ngumthi (isithunzi sithathwe yihlabathi lonke), esele ihleli iminyaka engama-4000 kwaye iqhubeka ikhula, namhlanje isisindo sayo singama-2995796 kg.

Ezinye izinto ezithakazelisayo

Umthi omde kakhulu okhulayo namhlanje yiGrant Stratospheric. Itholakala kwi-National Park yaseRedwood. Ngo-2002, ubude bayo babuyi-112.56 m.

Umthi omude kunawo wonke emhlabeni wawuyiGiant Daierville. Xa yawa, kwakunokwenzeka ukucacisa ukuba ubude bayo babuyi 113,4 m., Wahlala malunga ne-1600 iminyaka.

Okwangoku, iinyanga ezili-15 zinokuphakama kwama-mitha angama-110, kwaye imithi engama-47 sele isondele kummandla weemitha ezili-105. Ngoko, mhlawumbi, irekhodi leGiant Daierville liya kubethwa. Bathi ngo-1912 i-redwood ene-115.8 m yaphakama. Kodwa le nto ayizange iboniswe.

I-sequoia enamandla kakhulu ngumthi ogama linguGeneral Sherman. Umthamo wayo usuwe udlulile kwi-1487 cubic meters. M. Bathi ngo-1926 banqumla umthi nge-volume 1,794 cubic meters. M. Kodwa ukujonga oku akunakwenzeka.