<p>1,000 year old Douglas Firs in The Grove of the Patriarchs, Mount Rainier National Park. The placard reads:
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<dl><dd><i>In front of you stand two 1000-year-old Douglas-firs.  The centers are rotten; only the outer 9-10 inches are solid wood.  One has lost its top to the wind; the other's crown is dead.  Barely enough foliage remains to provide food to keep these trees alive.  Despite these hardships, they survive.</i></dd></dl>
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