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== Discovery and location ==
== Discovery and location ==
Lost Monarch was discovered on May 11, 1998, by [[Stephen C. Sillett]], and [[naturalist]] [[Michael Taylor (Tall Tree Discoverer)|Michael Taylor]], and is located among other giant redwoods called "The [[Grove of Titans]]" in [[Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park]],<ref name="Preston2007">{{cite book|author=Richard Preston|title=The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNJXefA8U58C|accessdate=2 July 2013|date=10 April 2007|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-58836-603-0}}</ref> although its exact location has not been revealed to the public out of concern that excessive human foot traffic may upset the [[ecosystem]] or lead to vandalism.<ref name = "Vaden1">Vaden, Mario D., [http://www.mdvaden.com/redwood_protection.shtml Some redwoods are secret], 2013, accessed July 2, 2013</ref> The tree is estimated to contain {{convert|34,914|cuft|m3}} of wood volume,<ref name="Flint2002" /><ref>[http://www.humboldt.edu/~sillett/redwoods.html Humboldt State University Website] with expandable diagrams.</ref> and is surrounded by other coastal redwoods known as some of the largest of the species. Of the surrounding redwood trees, some have names from the discoverers, such as El Viejo del Norte, Screaming Titans, Eärendil and Elwing, Stalagmight, and others.<ref name = "Vaden1" />
Lost Monarch was discovered on May 11, 1998, by [[Stephen C. Sillett]], and [[naturalist]] [[Michael Taylor (Tall Tree Discoverer)|Michael Taylor]], and is located among other giant redwoods called "The [[Grove of Titans]]" in [[Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park]],<ref name="Preston2007">{{cite book|author=Richard Preston|title=The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QNJXefA8U58C|accessdate=2 July 2013|date=10 April 2007|publisher=Random House Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-58836-603-0}}</ref> although its exact location has not been revealed to the public out of concern that excessive human foot traffic may upset the [[ecosystem]] or lead to vandalism.<ref name = "Vaden1">Vaden, Mario D., [http://www.mdvaden.com/redwood_protection.shtml Some redwoods are secret], 2013, accessed July 2, 2013</ref> The tree is estimated to contain {{convert|34,914|cuft|m3}} of wood volume,<ref name="Flint2002" /><ref>[http://www.humboldt.edu/~sillett/redwoods.html Humboldt State University Website] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080509130652/http://www.humboldt.edu/~sillett/redwoods.html |date=2008-05-09 }} with expandable diagrams.</ref> and is surrounded by other coastal redwoods known as some of the largest of the species. Of the surrounding redwood trees, some have names from the discoverers, such as El Viejo del Norte, Screaming Titans, Eärendil and Elwing, Stalagmight, and others.<ref name = "Vaden1" />


== Epiphytes ==
== Epiphytes ==

Revision as of 05:49, 26 May 2017

Lost Monarch

Lost Monarch is the name of a Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) tree in Northern California that is 26 feet (7.9 m) in diameter at breast height (with multiple stems included),[1] and 320 feet (98 m) in height. It is the world's fifth largest coast redwood in terms of wood volume (the Del Norte Titan was listed as the largest single-stem coast redwood tree, in part because the basal measurements of the Lost Monarch contain multiple stems).[2][3]

Discovery and location

Lost Monarch was discovered on May 11, 1998, by Stephen C. Sillett, and naturalist Michael Taylor, and is located among other giant redwoods called "The Grove of Titans" in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park,[4] although its exact location has not been revealed to the public out of concern that excessive human foot traffic may upset the ecosystem or lead to vandalism.[5] The tree is estimated to contain 34,914 cubic feet (988.7 m3) of wood volume,[2][6] and is surrounded by other coastal redwoods known as some of the largest of the species. Of the surrounding redwood trees, some have names from the discoverers, such as El Viejo del Norte, Screaming Titans, Eärendil and Elwing, Stalagmight, and others.[5]

Epiphytes

Lost Monarch supports and provides a habitat for epiphytes including Polypodium scouleri. One report from 2003 estimated that Lost Monarch held about 1,000 pounds (450 kg) of P. scouleri fern mat material.[7]

In February 2012, Lost Monarch was featured in the BBC Radio 4 documentary James and the Giant Redwoods by James Aldred.[8]

References

  1. ^ Van Pelt, Robert (2001) Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast, University of Washington Press, Seattle. ISBN 0-295-98140-7
  2. ^ a b Wendell D. Flint (1 January 2002). To Find the Biggest Tree. Sequoia Natural History Association. ISBN 978-1-878441-09-6. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  3. ^ Earle,Christopher J., Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endlicher 1847, Gymnosperm Database, 2013, accessed July 2, 2013
  4. ^ Richard Preston (10 April 2007). The Wild Trees: A Story of Passion and Daring. Random House Publishing Group. ISBN 978-1-58836-603-0. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  5. ^ a b Vaden, Mario D., Some redwoods are secret, 2013, accessed July 2, 2013
  6. ^ Humboldt State University Website Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine with expandable diagrams.
  7. ^ Williams, Cameron B. and Stephen C. Sillett, Epiphyte communities on redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in northwestern California, The Bryologist, Volume 110, Number 3, pages 420-452. 2007, accessed July 2, 2012
  8. ^ James and the Giant Redwoods - Part One BBC Radio 4 documentary, February 14, 2012, accessed July 2, 2013
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