Redwoods
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 1 Hyperion Redwood Hyperion: Tallest Tree in the world. Redwood National Park |  2 NOTE > Did you know ? TO FIND LARGE VIEWS: click tiny links when in slideshow mode |  3 Hyperion Valley Black Bear claw mark on log in Hyperion Valley |
 4 Chris Atkins entering trees Chris Atkins carrying his tripod under a mossy maple on his way into the redwood canopy |  5 Port Orford Cedar Steve Sillett and Chis Atkins discussing Port Orford cedar in background. Probable new cedar height record |  6 Atkins & Redwood - 2009 Chris Atkins in the shade of Screaming Titans redwood |
 7 Sir Isaac Newton Previous Champion - Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park |  8 End of a redwood log Along Prairie Creek trail - almost like a face |  9 Howland Hill Giant Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park |
 10 Atkins & Sillett Setting up a tripod on a steep slope to prepare for measuring |  11 Calypso Orchid One of several wildflowers up along Bald Hills Road at Redwood National Park |  12 Vanilla Leaf One of my favorite understory plants |
 13 Hyperion Valley Moss and ferns on Bigleaf maple in Hyperion Valley |  14 Lost Monarch Redwood Lost Monarch on a very rainy misty day in Jed Smith park |  15 Dog Soldier Redwood Lost Creek area - about 23\' diameter. Similar wood volume as Stout Tree or Stratosphere Giant, but shorter - near 230\' |
 16 Lost Monarch Very few redwoods have foliage this low, let alone a largest titan. Bottom twig can touch the earth. |  17 Valley of the Lost Groves An enormous redwood in the Valley of the Lost Groves. PCRSP |  18 Del Norte Titan 1/15/08 Mario Vaden next to Del Norte Titan redwood / Copyright 2008 |
 19 Valley of the Lost Groves Mutant Redwood in The Lost Groves redwoods. The reverse side is scorched from fire |  20 Stratosphere Giant Previous world\'s tallest redwood - Stratosphere Giant is now the 4th tallest redwood |  21 Lost Monarch The Lost Monarch. Image courtesy of Lowell Cottle |
 22 Valley of the Lost Groves This is "Mutant Redwood" in the Valley of the Lost Groves at PCRSP |  23 Titan Redwood Iluvatar Lower Trunk of Iluvatar in Atlas Grove. 2nd largest coast redwood. Possibly 3rd largest due to one anonymous tree on a university page |  24 Valley of the Lost Groves Huge redwood in the lost groves. This valley is NOT Atlas Grove or Grove of Titans. |
 25 Titan Redwood This is quite huge, but still smaller than the Lost Monarch |  26 The Lost Monarch Lost Monarch redwood Titan in the Grove of Titans. Courtesy of Lowell Cottle |  27 Hyperion Redwood Mario Vaden in front of Hyperion. January 2009 |
 28 Clintonia Clintonia andrewsiana - also native to SW Oregon. |  29 Screaming Titans Near Lost Monarch, this is Screaming Titans Redwood |  30 Jedediah Smith Redwoods S.P. More mushrooms |
 31 Redwoods One word - Big. This is in Stout Grove: Jedediah Smith Redwoods |  32 Jedediah Smith Redwoods Large Bolete mushroom in redwood forest |  33 Valley of the Lost Groves Can you see Bunyan\'s Pitchfork Redwood? Seen here from within the Valley of the Lost Groves |
 34 Jedediah Smith Redwoods S.P. Another mushroom |  35 Sacagawea In the Grove of Titans. This tree is likely to be Sacagawea redwood |  36 Smith River flows through it Smith River flows through north redwoods - incredible blue color |
 37 Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park near Crescent City / Brookings, OR |  38 Jedediah Smith Redwoods Giant living and fallen trees - Simpson Reed Discovery Trail |  39 Grove of Titans Big redwood inside the Jed Smith Grove of Titans |
 40 Redwoods There are plenty of burls and odd growths to see |  41 Giant redwood Redwood tree on a sunny day |  42 Genesis Redwood > 8 / 14 Sprouts of branch broken off El Viejo del Norte. One of several young trees. August 14, 2008 |
 43 Genesis Redwood > 10 / 4 Same tree. Note twig development from just Aug. 14th to Oct. 4th |  44 Redwoods Giant standing remnant trees - this apparently burned after it died |  45 Sulfur Shelf Fungi Keep #21. Fungi on stump near Del Norte Titan in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park |
 46 The way to Fern Falls The trail to Fern Falls. Boy Scout Tree Trail |  47 The Prince / 5" cap Agaricus augustus or "The Prince" - a large mushroom |   48VIDEO FILE KEEP #36 - Video: odds & ends in the Redwood forest. |
 49 Ferns on a log Simpson Reed Grove |  50 Jedediah Smith State Park Many trails are in excellent condition |  51 Fungi Another Sulfur Shelf fungi: October |
 52 Bigleaf maple Same one as in video. Trunk rooted on both ends. Limbs became leaders |  53 Live tree on log The roots appear to be grappling the log, but must penetrate inside for water and nutrients |  54 Root on top of ground Why the twist, I do not understand |
 55 A real garden The log is about 14\' high on it\'s side, and plants on it that reach upwards of 20\' |  56 Dad and Son Michael left, Mario right. Simpson Reed Discovery Trail 2007 |  57 Bent tree Probably was pushed over by a fallen tree about 30 years before - 1970-ish |
 58 Visitors Group of young folk having fun |  59 Slug in a stump Forest slug sheltered in a stump cavity |  60 Rhododendron Species native to redwood forest. |
 61 Poison-oak in autumn Over 100 feet up in the tree: poison-oak / Oct. 31, 2007 |  62 Darlingtonia californica These grow in isolated wet or bog areas of California and Oregon |  63 Darlingtonia With Volmer\'s Lily too |
 64 Stump mushrooms On Hatton trail. Mushrooms on an old stump |  65 Poison-oak Autumn poison-oak leaflet blew over to trail from 100\' high |  66 Simpson Reed Trail One image that I have released to Public Domain |
 67 January 15, 2008 Trail sign by Howland Hill Road |  68 Ganoderma - 1/15/2008 May be Ganoderma tsugae or oregonensis, but nicer than other images I\'ve seen of either. |  69 Growth on trunk Might be a canker. It\'s massive. About 9 feet in diameter. |
 70 January 15, 2008 Using logs to span forest floor debris more easily |  71 Long moss-like plant This appears to be Selaginella oregana - Oregon spikemoss |  72 Selaginella oregana ? Longer than I thought. Drapes down 4 feet long |
 73 January 15, 2008 One side of a cathedral-like ring of redwood trunks together |  74 Del Norte Titan Redwood Trish holding measure tape on Del Norte Titan |  75 Double redwood Daughter in Jedediah Smith Redwoods |
 76 Growth rings Tree cut that fell. Nice color. a lot growth rings - still young |  77 Daughter in tree On Boyscout Tree / Fern Falls Trail |  78 Boy Scout Trail In Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park |
 79 Polypodium scouleri Fern cluster growing on lower redwood trunk. These can grow much higher too |  80 Daughter by tree Next to one of the largest known Titans. |  81 Jedediah Smith Redwoods S.P. Hollow from decay, maybe fire too |
 82 Boy Scout Tree Trail An enormous redwood trunk along Boy Scout Tree trail |  83 Boy Scout Tree Boy Scout Tree redwood in Jedediah Smith redwoods |  84 Boy Scout Tree Trail An expansive glade of sword ferns - acres in size |
 85 Redwood Stream Michael exploring a stream with me in the redwoods |  86 Michael & Cobra Lily Michael at the Darlingtoia bog near Jedediah Smith redwoods |  87 Michael and a redwood Bright early morning light and Screaming Titans redwood |