sentences:  Old growth groves such as this will show the birth (shoots and burls) and death (rotting trees and "fairy rings") of ancient redwoods, many of whose birth was before the Battle of Hastings in 1066.Of course, all the native flora and fauna which have existed in these mountains for centuries are allowed to remain—even to the extent of the highly irritating poison oak plants.This part of the California coastline was once a tribal area for the Awaswas (Santa Cruz) division of Ohlone Indian people.