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Map Satellite This rather small and steep-sided canyon, a few kilometers south of Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park, supports a stand of redwoods, Sequoia sempervirens, representative of the coastal redwood association in the southern portions of its range. California laurel, Umbellularia californica, here is a minor element in the overstory.
Numerous ferns are found in the canyon, including maidenhair, Adiantum jordani, wood fern, Dryopteris arguta, and sword fern, Polystichum munitum.
The canyon has been cut through rock of the Mesozoic Franciscan formation.
Integrity: A motel and restaurant are located at the juncture of the highway and the canyon. The redwood is virgin.
Use: Private
April 1976
Inventory of California Natural Areas
Revision © 2009 Steven Louis Hartman
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