2006-11-11 01:53:43 · 10 answers · asked by PiRaHnA 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Based on the U.S. Eastern Native Tree Society record, it should be the Sequoia... a genus in the cypress family Cupressaceae, common names include Coast Redwood and California Redwood. It is an evergreen, long-lived for up to 2,000 years, and is considered the tallest tree in the world, reaching up to 115.5 m (378 ft) in height and 7 m (23 ft) diameter at the base.
2006-11-11 02:03:24 · answer #1 · answered by voguence 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tallest tree in the world is the Giant Sequoia.It takes 600 pails just to water 1 tree.
2006-11-11 19:19:15 · answer #2 · answered by Kathleen M. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
California Redwood. The world's tallest tree is a redwood tree growing in the Montgomery State Reserve on the outskirts of Ukiah, a city north of San Francisco, California. ...
2006-11-11 01:56:15 · answer #3 · answered by Angela 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Mountain Ash at Mt Baw Baw, Victoria, Australia measured with the help of a surveyor GW Robinson circa 1889 to be 143m (470 ft). A Menzies Creek Mountain Ash measured after felling at 122m (4 hundred ft) in 1888. Its huge trunk turn into decrease up and transported and reassembled to placed on exhibit on the centennial exhibition in Melbourne. yet another fallen sizable interior the Dandenong stages measured with the help of surveyor David Boyle as 119m (390 ft). This tree had a broken crown and Boyle predicted that the proper could've extra yet another 9m making the easily top 128m (420 ft). The Thorpdale tree in South Gippsland, Victoria, Australia. This turn into measured two times with the help of a surveyor, as quickly as while it turn into status with the help of a theodolite (a surveying tool) and returned while it turn into decrease down - in 1880. Its decrease down top turn into 114.4m (375.3 ft). This tree turn into particularly indexed interior the Guinness e book of information because of the fact the tallest tree interior the international as there turn into easily documents available to be certain this. in the present day a plaque denotes it resting place and the area can nonetheless be visited - even regardless of the undeniable fact that with no longer something cutting-edge there is not any longer a lot element different than to bear in mind guy's folly. a sparkling tallest tree has been got here across those days in North united statesa. and is a California Redwood and is a hundred and fifteen.5m (379 ft) - so we've a sparkling record holder! Its area is saved a secret to evade harm to this outstanding specimen even regardless of the undeniable fact that it additionally guarded with the help of dense wooded area, Black Bears and Cougars!
2016-12-28 18:43:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hyperion is the name of a redwood tree in Northern California that has been confirmed to measure 379.1 feet (115.5 m), which ranks it as the world's tallest living tree.
2006-11-11 01:58:47 · answer #5 · answered by Dupinder jeet kaur k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A redwood growing in the Montgomery State Reserve in Ukiah, California...just north of San Francisco. It measures 367.5 feet.
2006-11-11 02:02:29 · answer #6 · answered by Grace 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Redwoods
2006-11-11 01:56:54 · answer #7 · answered by Emm 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Redwood - At about 350 ft.
2006-11-11 01:57:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The New Yorker magazine ran a story about that in August (I think). It told about how they actually found it in northern California. Its location is being kept secret. You could contact them and they would send you the article I bet.
2006-11-11 01:57:44 · answer #9 · answered by Isis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's a sycamore...or something like that.
2006-11-11 01:56:38 · answer #10 · answered by Jacques 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋