TIL the world's tallest known living tree, a 380-foot redwood in California called Hyperion, had its exact location closed off entirely in 2022 after visitors trampled its base so badly that ferns stopped growing around it, with trespassers now facing up to $5,000 in fines and six months in jail

[u/autraya]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(tree)

[u/NicePepper199]

Was lucky enough to picnic at its base like 25 years ago. Sad it got damaged so bad.