Grogan's Fault

Grogan's Fault is a very large coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in Redwood National Park (RNP).[1] It is the largest coast redwood by volume of single trunk at 41,324 cu ft (1,170.2 m3). It surpassed record trees such as Lost Monarch, Melkor, Iluvatar and Del Norte Titan. The tree was discovered in 2014 by coast redwood experts Chris Atkins and Mario Vaden (M. D. Vaden) during an extensive exploring of Redwood National Park. Although Grogan's Fault was published as the biggest, more coast redwoods were discovered during 2014 to 2016 and remain undisclosed to the public and most park rangers. Grogan's Fault was named after the fault and natural boundary dividing the underlying bedrock which differentiates opposite sides of RNP and Redwood Creek. This coast redwood is also called Spartan, in remembrance of the Battle of Thermopylae.[1]

Description

The calculated main trunk volume of Grogan's Fault (Spartan) was 41,324 cu ft (1,170.2 m3). That measurement was trunk above the upslope side. If reiterated trunks are added, resulting volume will be even greater than 41,000 cu ft (1,200 m3).[2] In 2015 and 2017, analysis of the circumference, crown spread and height yielded 1,357 AF points, which is 67 points above the current species champion Lost Monarch and 36 points above the giant sequoia General Sherman. The first photo was released in 2014, by M. D. Vaden, showing a trunk thirty to forty feet wide from side to side.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Grogan's Fault - MD Vaden". mdvaden.com. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Coast Redwood Discovery. Sequoia sempervirens.". mdvaden.com. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
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