Arborist glancing up at a tree near Lost Monarch. This redwood in the image is actually called Screaming Titans, and has been depicted on the internet at several sites as Lost Monarch and Del Norte Titan. This Screaming Titans is actually a tight double stem tree, whereas the Lost Monarch nearby, is a single stem redwood.
The Grove of Titans is a redwood tree grove including several massive redwood trees in Northern California. The largest coastal redwood in the grove is called Lost Monarch. The small plants near the base of the tree are sword ferns.
The Grove of Titans was discovered on May 11, 1998, by Stephen Sillett, and amateur naturalist Michael Taylor. The exact location of the of the grove has not been disclosed to the general public, but a few people have documented this grove: [1]
Images and references exist, but very few of them. Some information can be found on the internet using names of individual trees in the grove.
Discovery of a grove like this does not mean that it has not been seen by people before. The discovery implies that Sillett and Taylor are the first to realize and declare the significance of the grove.
Names of the largest redwoods in the Grove of Titans include: Lost Monarch, El Viejo del Norte, Screaming Titans, Eärendil and Elwing Aragorn, Sacajawea, Aldebaran, Stalagmight and Del Norte Titan.
The Grove of Titans' botanical significance is near equal with that of 'Atlas grove' to the south.
Location
The Grove of Titans is in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park of Northern California, south of Highway 199 in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. The closest town is Crescent City, California.
Specific directions have not been openly published, but the location was described by author Richard Preston as:
"the bottom of a hidden notch-like valley near a glade."
Contrasting with this, one arborist who also documented the grove, wrote: [2]
"The Grove of Titans is irregular shape: spanning confluence of valleys. The trees are rooted among flat, slopes and mounds; mostly cloaked behind foliage. There are mulitiple sources of moisture and a wide range of exposure to sunlight"
An abundant understory plant is Polystichum munitum known as the sword fern.
References
- ^ Preston, Richard (2007). The Wild Trees: A Story Of Passion And Daring. Allen Lane Publishers.
- ^ Vaden, M. D. (2008). Grove of Titans & Atlas Grove. Website Documentary Page.
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