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Name and background. El Palo Alto is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), a giant and long-lived tree species only found near the North American Pacific coast. [3] . The redwood has been California's official state tree since 1937. [4] .
Notes: El Palo Alto (Spanish for the tall tree) is the first named tree in America and the first official, living California landmark (California Historical Landmark No. 2). This coast redwood originally had twin trunks (then known as Palos Colorados, Spanish for red trees), but, in 1886, one trunk vanished.
This is the story of California’s oldest living landmark, the tree known as El Palo Alto. Actually to fully tell that story you have to go back more than 1,000 years. El Palo Alto, the tall redwood that stands near Palo Alto’s northern border has been rooted to that spot for a millennium.
Jan 5, 2024 · Surrounding trees have made it no longer as visible as it once was, when travelers spotted the literal landmark in the distance, but the Native Sons of the Golden West named it a Californian...
Jun 26, 2021 · El Palo Alto — a 1,081-year-old redwood tree that has long served as the 120-foot-tall symbol of Palo Alto, the city that took its name — is arguably Silicon Valley’s original no-tech...
Jul 1, 2004 · The colossus was El Palo Alto (Spanish for “tall tree”), a three-trunked redwood tree — one trunk of which still stands at the boundary of the cities of Palo Alto and Menlo Park on San Francisquito Creek.
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In the quiet suburbs of Palo Alto lies a redwood tree that defines the city, community, and culture. Though it once towered over the valley, it now sits hidden to many.
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