- Grove of Titans
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 aresword fern s.The Grove of Titans was discovered on
May 11 ,1998 , byStephen 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: [Preston, Richard (2007). "The Wild Trees: A Story Of Passion And Daring". Allen Lane Publishers.]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 andElwing Aragorn, Sacajawea, Aldebaran, Stalagmight andDel 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:
Contrasting with this, one arborist who also documented the grove, wrote: [Vaden, M. D. (2008). [http://www.mdvaden.com/grove_of_titans.shtml "Grove of Titans & Atlas Grove".] Website Documentary Page.]
An abundant
understory plant is Polystichum munitum known as thesword fern .References
External links
* [http://www.mdvaden.com/grove_of_titans.shtml Grove of Titans Redwoods] Videos & Photos of the Grove of Titans
* [http://www.orionmagazine.org/index.php/articles/article/234/ Orion Article: Day of Discovery - Excerpted from The Wild Trees by Richard Preston]
* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9713486 NPR Redwood Article]
* [http://www.richardpreston.net/books/imageGallery/2.html Image of author Richard Preston in the Grove of Titans]
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