2007-03-14 07:05:16 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Environment
I think its the giant Redwood Fir trees in California. They can weigh up to 3600 tons and can reach a height of 100 metres. The largest animal is the Blue Whale and the biggest Super organism is the great barrier reef in Australia.
2007-03-14 07:25:35 · answer #1 · answered by Toby J 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Actually searching the web for 'largest organism' will get you the answer quicker than asking here. Wikipedia has a mass of information about record organisms ... which is largest depends on how you measure and what 'conditions' or 'rules' you apply. Summarizing what Wiki says ...
The Aspen tree (Populus tremuloides) forms large stands of genetically identical trees (technically, stems) connected by a single underground root system. These trees form through root sprouts coming off an original parent tree, though the root system may not remain a single unit in all specimens. The largest known fully-connected Aspen is a grove in Utah nicknamed Pando, and some experts call it the largest organism in the world, by mass or volume. It covers 43 hectares (.43 km²) and is estimated to weigh 6,600 tons.
Or maybe a giant fungus of the species Armillaria ostoyae in the Malheur National Forest in Oregon was found to span 8.9 km² (2,200 acres)[1], which would make it the largest organism by area.
Excluding multi-stem trees (like the Aspen) , the General Sherman tree, an individual Giant Sequoia with a volume of 1489 m³, would hold the title of the world's largest tree, trunk volume.
By volume and weight, the largest known animal ever to have lived is the blue whale, an endangered species that can measure 30 m (100 ft) in length and can weigh in excess of 200 tons. The largest land animals today are male Savannah Elephants, with one known example weighing around 12,272 kg (27,000 lb), though many extinct species, such as many dinosaurs, were much larger.
The Great Barrier Reef, the world's largest coral reef (stretching 2,000 km) has been shown to be a collection of many organisms and is the largest known superorganism, so many would classify it as not really an organism.
Other organism records (e.g. largest mammal, largest fish etc. are at the same web address sown below)
2007-03-14 07:12:33 · answer #2 · answered by Dr Bob UK 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Japaneese Knotweed - it really is a monster plant - 1 individual (in botanical terms) is probably under your feet right now - it is growing underground accross the length and breadth of Britian though it's not really that well known except by conservationists and those directly affected - I have no idea why as it is a major and worsening problem - it can pop up shoots anywhere it feels like it and is over growing habitats in the countryside but even worse than that it's shoots are so strong it's actually been known to grow through concrete - no joke! In Glasgow it pushed shoots up through tarmac in a road! Truely a monster individual!
2007-03-14 09:34:16 · answer #3 · answered by Cathy :) 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
got here across in Oregon. A fungus living 3 feet underground is predicted to hide 2,2 hundred acres. After testing samples from distinct places, scientists say that's all one organism.
2016-12-02 00:08:46 · answer #4 · answered by thetford 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I recall correctly the largest single living organism is an aspen grove, but I do not recall the location.
2007-03-14 07:13:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Blue Whales
2007-03-14 07:13:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Its the blue whale i'm pretty sure, its certainly a whale anyway. the blue whale alive today is the largest organism to EVER have existed on earth.
ok well i thought you meant animals, i don't know about vegetation. But the blue whale is the biggest animal bigger than the dinosaurs.
2007-03-14 07:13:33 · answer #7 · answered by wave 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
a blue whale i think
according to wikipedia
The Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) is a marine mammal belonging to the suborder of baleen whales. At up to 33 meters (110 feet) in length and 181 metric tonnes (200 short tons) or more in weight, it is believed to be the largest animal to have ever lived on Earth,[2] though some recent dinosaur discoveries may contradict this long-held belief (see Bruhathkayosaurus).
2007-03-14 07:12:37 · answer #8 · answered by Mustng0021 5 · 0⤊ 4⤋
The Blue Whale, though may be the humpback soon as there are not many left
2007-03-14 07:13:28 · answer #9 · answered by Northern Spriggan 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The Great Barrier Reef in Austrailia is the biggest. it is the only living thing visible from space.
2007-03-14 12:18:01 · answer #10 · answered by viralcraig 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋