Lost Monarch is the name of a Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) tree in Northern California that is 26 feet (7.9 m) in diameter at breast height (with multiple stems included), and 320 feet (98 m) in height. It is the world's third largest coast redwood in terms of wood volume (the Del Norte Titan is listed as the largest single-stem coast redwood tree, in part because the basal measurements of the Lost Monarch contain multiple stems).
Lost Monarch was discovered on May 11, 1998, by Stephen C. Sillett, and amateur naturalist Michael Taylor, and is located among other giant redwoods called "The Grove of Titans". The Lost Monarch Tree is located in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. The exact location has not been revealed to the public out of concern that excessive human foot traffic may upset that ecosystem. The tree is estimated to contain 34,914 cubic feet (1,200 m3) of wood volume. One account of the discovery was published by Richard Preston.
In February 2012, Lost Monarch was featured in a BBC Radio 4 documentary about the Coast Sequoias by James Aldred.
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