The huge trees, averaging 40 meters in height, have grown from tiny seeds-smaller than sesame seeds-that emerged from their three-millimeter conelets two to three thousand summers ago.
檜木，是三千萬年前的冰河孓遺植物，從○．三公分的毬果內，比芝麻還小的種子，歷經二、三千個寒暑，最終長成平均四十公尺高的參天巨木。