Michael W. Taylor (born 25 April 1966) is an American forester who is notable for being a leading discoverer of champion and tallest trees - most notably coast

redwoods Sequoioideae, commonly referred to as redwoods, is a subfamily of coniferous trees within the family Cupressaceae, that range in the northern hemisphere. It includes the largest and tallest trees in the world. The trees in the subfamily are a ...

. In 2006, Taylor co-discovered the tallest known tree in the world, a coast redwood (''Sequoia sempervirens'') now named " Hyperion". He also discovered "Helios" and "Icarus", the 2nd and 3rd tallest. National Geographic made a video about the discovery and measuring of Hyperion. The discovery made headlines. Taylor has discovered 50 coast redwoods over tall, and co-discovered approximately 100 more with Chris Atkins and Stephen Sillett, who is the first holder of the Kenneth L. Fisher Chair in Redwood Forest Ecology at Humboldt State University. Taylor and Sillett have collaborated and measured remarkable previously unknown redwoods. Their discoveries have fueled research and public interest in coast redwoods, which are now a

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. Michael is a main character of the non-fiction book (2007) '' The Wild Trees''. The narrative includes how Taylor began exploring for tall trees, measuring tallest trees, and later networking with Pacific coast forest researchers. Taylor co-discovered the largest known coast redwood named

Lost Monarch Lost Monarch is a coast redwood (''Sequoia sempervirens'') tree in Northern California that is in diameter at breast height (with multiple stems included), and in height. It is the world's fifth largest coast redwood in terms of wood volume (t ...

in the

Grove of Titans The Grove of Titans is a redwood grove in Del Norte County, Northern California, with several massive coast redwood (''Sequoia sempervirens'') trees, some of the largest known redwoods in terms of wood volume. The largest coastal redwood tree in ...

, as well as Iluvatar in

Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park is a state park, located in Humboldt County, California, near the town of Orick and north of Eureka. The park is a coastal sanctuary for old-growth Coast Redwood trees. The park is jointly managed by th ...

Tallest tree discoveries

Redwoods: Helios and Icarus were discovered in 2006, shortly before Hyperion. Hyperion was the record height coast redwood that prompted

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and Save-the-Redwoods League to coordinate a documentary. These are just 3 of many coast redwoods over feet which Michael Taylor discovered. The details are chronicled at www.talltreesclub.org Pines: Discovery of 4 new world's tallest pine trees, January, 2011.KGW News, World's Tallest Pine, January 23, 2011

Largest coast redwood discoveries

Taylor discovered and co-discovered the largest known coast redwoods. The locations of these trees have not been disclosed by the National and

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to the general public. For more information se
www.landmarktrees.net

Education

Taylor attended

Humboldt State University California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt (Cal Poly Humboldt or Humboldt) is a public university in Arcata, California. It is one of Cal Poly (disambiguation), three polytechnic universities in the California State University (CSU) sys ...

from 1984 to 1987 studying forestry, attended

San Diego State University San Diego State University (SDSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Diego, California, United States. Founded in 1897, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CS ...

in 1988, returned to Humboldt State University 1992-94 completing a Bachelor of Science in environmental engineering.

Location

Michael Taylor resides in northern California.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Taylor, Michael 1966 births Living people American foresters