Tallest Hardwood Trees On Earth

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Tallest hardwood trees on earth. Historical records of giant tree species. The heights of the tallest trees in the world have been the subject of considerable dispute and much exaggeration. Hyperion is the name of a coast redwood sequoia sempervirens in northern california that was measured at 115 61 metres 379 3 ft which ranks it as the world s tallest known living tree. Discovered in california s redwood national park.

A group of dedicated volunteers from the native tree society has found the answer and it s in the great smoky mountains national park. The tallest known living tree is a coast redwood called hyperion which was 380 feet and 1 inch 115 85 meters when it was last measured in 2017. There is an old reference to a 91 5 metres 300 ft tall tree. The king rises above its neighbors standing 282 feet tall the tallest eucalyptus obliqua.

Hyperion was discovered august 25 2006 by naturalists chris atkins and michael taylor. This 500 year old coastal douglas fir grows in a remnant old growth stand on. 88 9 metres 292 ft tall tree was measured in papua new guinea new guinea island 1941. Affectionately named king stringy this stringybark tree rounds off the list of the world s tallest trees.

The tallest one named centurion is now around 100 m 328 ft tall and is the tallest living hardwood tree on earth. The doerner fir is neck and neck with number two below vying for the status of tallest non redwood tree on the planet. If you were looking for the tallest native hardwood tree in temperate north america where might you begin.