Iluvatar (tree)
Iluvatar is a redwood tree in PrairieCreek Redwoods State Park in Northern California that has been confirmed to be at least20.5 feet (6.2 m) in diameter at breastheight, and 320 feet (98 m) in height. Measured by Stephen C. Sillett,it is the world's third-largest coast redwood, the largest being Lost Monarch.
Iluvataris located among a group of trees called Atlas Grove. The location is unpublished.Atlas Grove, including Iluvatar, is a carefully studied area of forest. Justmeasuring Iluvatar required five climbers for over 20 days. Iluvatar has 134reiterated trunks, more than any except the Redwood Creek Giant. Its firstreiterated trunk is 2.6 meters in diameter, the largest reiteration on anyredwood. In total, reiterations account for 12.3 percent of its stemwoodvolume.
Like manyold growth redwoods, trunks within the crown are hydraulically linked by fusedbranches. In addition to allowing for water transfer within the crown, thesefusions strengthen the crown of the tree, making it more resilient to winddamage. Iluvatar has 30 such fusions.
Thisredwood tree was named by Stephen C. Sillett after Eru Ilúvatar, the creator of the universe in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium,in which his novels The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion take place.
The AtlasGrove (with Iluvatar) is said by author Richard Preston to have been discoveredby naturalist Michael Taylor in 1991.
Thiscoastal redwood is surrounded by other old coastal redwoods including AtlasTree, Gaia, Pleiades, Ballantine, Prometheus, Bell, Zeus and others. Ballantinewas named after a real man. Some were named after ancient Greek gods. Neighboring species include Pseudotsuga menziesii, Picea sitchensis, Acer macrophyllum, Rhamnus purshiana,Umbellulariacalifornica, Tsuga heterophylla, Chamaecyparislawsoniana and Lithocarpusdensiflorus.
References
1. GymnospermDatabase
2. Preston, Richard (2007). The Wild Trees: A Story Of Passion AndDaring. Allen Lane Publishers. page 82.
Iluvatar is a redwood tree in PrairieCreek Redwoods State Park in Northern California that has been confirmed to be at least20.5 feet (6.2 m) in diameter at breastheight, and 320 feet (98 m) in height. Measured by Stephen C. Sillett,it is the world's third-largest coast redwood, the largest being Lost Monarch.
Iluvataris located among a group of trees called Atlas Grove. The location is unpublished.Atlas Grove, including Iluvatar, is a carefully studied area of forest. Justmeasuring Iluvatar required five climbers for over 20 days. Iluvatar has 134reiterated trunks, more than any except the Redwood Creek Giant. Its firstreiterated trunk is 2.6 meters in diameter, the largest reiteration on anyredwood. In total, reiterations account for 12.3 percent of its stemwoodvolume.
Like manyold growth redwoods, trunks within the crown are hydraulically linked by fusedbranches. In addition to allowing for water transfer within the crown, thesefusions strengthen the crown of the tree, making it more resilient to winddamage. Iluvatar has 30 such fusions.
Thisredwood tree was named by Stephen C. Sillett after Eru Ilúvatar, the creator of the universe in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium,in which his novels The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion take place.
The AtlasGrove (with Iluvatar) is said by author Richard Preston to have been discoveredby naturalist Michael Taylor in 1991.
Thiscoastal redwood is surrounded by other old coastal redwoods including AtlasTree, Gaia, Pleiades, Ballantine, Prometheus, Bell, Zeus and others. Ballantinewas named after a real man. Some were named after ancient Greek gods. Neighboring species include Pseudotsuga menziesii, Picea sitchensis, Acer macrophyllum, Rhamnus purshiana,Umbellulariacalifornica, Tsuga heterophylla, Chamaecyparislawsoniana and Lithocarpusdensiflorus.
References
1. GymnospermDatabase
2. Preston, Richard (2007). The Wild Trees: A Story Of Passion AndDaring. Allen Lane Publishers. page 82.
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