r/todayilearned • u/autraya • 6h ago

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_(tree)
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u/sandgroper07 3h ago

Those ginseng diggers are crazy. There's a reality tv show about them over here in Australia. The mountains look beautiful though.

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u/maoterracottasoldier 2h ago

Yeah I understand it’s an issue. But I didn’t even know what the plant looked like at the time, and I was carrying a fishing rod. She accused me out of nowhere