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The Giant Spruce of Cape Perpetua is over 500 years old.
Cape Perpetua's Giant Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis).
The Giant Spruce Trail at Cape Perpetua.
There are a handful of other very large spruce trees along the trail.
A small tributary to Cape Creek.
The trail follows Cape Creek.
Sword fern (Polystichum munitum) looming over licorice fern (Polypodium glycyrrhiza).
Cape Creek.
Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis).
Some parts of the trail are mildly technical.