Park Info: The Natural and Human History of Muir Woods
Muir Woods is one of the last old-growth coast redwood forests on Earth and the reason William Kent donated this canyon to the federal government in 1908. The forest has its own wildlife, its own plant communities, and more than a century of stewardship history. Three deep-dive guides below.
Animals of Muir Woods
Ten bat species, 50+ birds including spotted owl and pileated woodpecker, coho salmon and steelhead in Redwood Creek, and the invertebrates that hold the forest floor together.
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Plants & Nature
The four layers of an old-growth redwood forest, 13 species of ferns, rhododendrons and redwood sorrel, 200+ fungi species, and the interdependent community that keeps it all alive.
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History of Muir Woods
From the Coast Miwok to William Kent’s 1908 gift, the naming for John Muir, and more than a century of National Park Service stewardship.
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