Roots of a 
“Fallen Monarch” 
This is an _ over- 
turned Sequoia in the 
Mariposa Grove. Note 
that the roots are extreme- 
ly numerous, but that they 
extend symmetrically in 
all directions, there being 
no tap root. The failure 
to develop a tap root is 
Perhaps due to the growth 
of the Sequoia in moun- 
tainous regions where the 
soil often has no 
great depth. 
