To start, a small mystery is cleared-up about some coastal redwood photos at some internet sites. There has been an image on some websites as Lost Monarch. Turns out to be the redwood titan Screaming Titans. A couple of weeks ago, we scoured the Grove of Titans redwood grove double-checking. Turns out that one Titan which I photographed last winter was the Lost Monarch - largest known by volume - but I did not measure it. What's remarkable about Lost Monarch, are it's lowest twigs and foliage reaching forest floor. That's very unusual for a tree of that immensity. The lowest twigs are about 14 inches above the ground. A few ounces of push contacts the lowest branch tip to the forest floor. I don't recall the last time I saw a redwood that large with foliage reaching shin level. When I saw this tree last winter, it was a repeat visit and I was enjoying looking at the lichens on the trunks like the British soldiers. Below is Lost Monarch through a narrow view corridor looking across hundreds of feet of vine maples, salmon berry and other stuff.
