10 of the largest trees in the world

Trees have many interesting characteristics and uses, but it is perhaps their size that inspires the most reverie. Humans may have a lot of nice things, but we will never become a 35 floors.

The trees also live the best of all worlds: heaven and earth. With roots planted in the ground, they benefit from a taste of the ground, while their superior top absorbs the sun and touches the sky. Alas, scientists say that trees cannot grow forever. Theoretically, the maximum height of the trees is between 400 and 426 feet (122 and 130 meters). It is still incredibly high. Consider the following 10 trees, each the highest in the world by species.

10. King Finders: 282 feet (86 meters)

While the stringy king can look more like a cartoon character than a tree, this beautiful brunette rope bar (Eucalyptus obliged) is real and resides in Tasmania, Australia. The rope trees are appointed for their thick and stringy bark, as you can see in the photo above. They are also known as Messmate Stringybark, Stronybark and Tasmanian Oak.

9. ASH ALPINE in the Florentine valley: 288 feet (88 meters)

An imposing example of Eucalyptus delegatensisLike the one illustrated above, is in Tasmania, Australia, in an area known for its old forests. E. Delegateis is also known as alpine ash, watery and white roof.

8. Logoral NEMINAH MENA: 298 FET (91 meters)

Another member of the Eucalyptus family, blue gum Eucalyptus globulus is also Tasmania, Australia. As Gatis Pavils pointed out in Wondermondo, this giant gem of a blue gum is almost dangerously close to white cutting areas. “Fortunately in this case”, writes Pavlis, “The laws on the conservation of nature have managed to save this tree from the cut – Forest Tasmania follows the rule according to which the trees above 85 m high are spared the cut …”

7. White Knight: 301 feet (92 meters)

There is in fact a group of white knights, a group of super high mannae (Eucalyptus viminal) who called the Evercreech forest reserve in Tasmania, Australia, their house for about 300 years. Tasmania seems to be a paradise for super-high eucalyptus.

6. Yellow Meranti in Borneo: 309 feet (94 meters)

This incredible example of Shorea Faguetiana Can be found in the Conservation Zone of the Danum Valley, in Sabah on the island of Borneo. He has a brother of almost as famous in Malaysia.

5. SEVOIA GIANT without name: 314 feet (96 meters)

Some rare giant redwoods (Sequoiaidron giganteum) have reached more than 300 feet; The largest known specimen measures 314 feet high. However, it is the giant circumference of Sequoia that distinguishes it. They generally have more than 20 feet in diameter, and at least one has a diameter of 35 feet. The largest tree in the world in volume is General Sherman, above, a giant sequoia, with a total of 52,508 cubic feet! How much, too, one of these former giants, found in the National Forest of Sequoia in California, also ranks as one of the largest trees on the planet.

4. Raven Tour: 317 feet (97 meters)

Located somewhere in the Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park in California (photo above), the exact location of this majestic Sitka spruce (Picea Sitchensis) There remains a secret, a courtesy offered by foresters to many superlative trees. The other notable trees of this giant forest include the large tree, the corkscrew sequoia and the cathedral trees.

3. Doerner for: 327 feet (100 meters)

The Doerner fir tree is elbow with the number two on our list, below, in the running for the status of the largest non-red tree on the planet. This coastal fir of Douglas grows in an old -fashioned stand on the eastern side of the County of Coos in Oregon; A state in which most of the largest and oldest trees have been shot in the frenzy of logging.

2. Centurion: 327.5 feet (100 meters)

Centurion, in the Arve valley, Tasmania, Australia, is the largest known individual in the world Eucalyptus regulation TREE; This means that it is the highest tree of one of the highest trees of trees in the world. Which is a fairly special pretension to glory; The fact that this tree is presented on Tasmania’s Facebook page speaks volumes about its popularity.

1. Hyperion: 380.1 feet (116 meters)

Ah, the grandparent of all the big trees: Hyperion! This remarkable red coast (Sequoia sempervirens) was discovered in 2006 and is so large that its top cannot be seen. Living in a secret place in Redwood National Park, California, it resides among other notable specimens, including Helios at 374.3 feet (114.1 meters), Icarus at 371.2 feet (113.1 meters) and Daedalus at 363.4 feet (110.8 meters).

Hyperion is estimated between 700 and 800 years. And without the peak damage at the top, we think he would still have grown.