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Originally Posted by Ekka  So, it can handle a lot of shade on the forest floor yet grow all that way, impressive! |
I've seen it in shrub form in shady areas. In fact, I think my Collings Mountain Trail Video with the Bigfoot Trap showed a big patch in the shade.
Where that giant vine is, there are short ones nearby, many in the sun, quite a few in part shade.
The vine on the tree has most of its leaves up in the redwood. I think as the redwood grew taller, the vine kept pace with it. That redwood is probably a couple of hundred years old. I would not be surprised if the poison-oak vine on it is over 150 year old.
Most poison-oak vines I've seen, and others near there, are more like 10' to 50' up the tree, and have a lot more foliage from knee level all the way up. Part of the lack of leaves may be because the stems are just to big to have leaves on them, except the smaller stems up high in the tree.
I've never seen a poison-oak vine ever, before, where I could not see the leaves in summer. My guess is 170', but if the vine is near 200', it wouldn't surprise me.
I have a very strong scope at home that I may backpack in there next time, and see if I can go off the trail and find an angle to see the tree top.