2007-03-19 01:59:00 · 9 answers · asked by =<Hakai>= 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
The tallest individual tree in the world is Hyperion, a Sequoia (Sequoia sempervirens, or Coast Redwood) in California that is 115.5 m tall and was discovered in 2006. Hyperion is taller than the Mendocino tree, also a Coast Redwood, which was 112 m tall when it was discovered in 1998; it was the tallest known tree at that time, but by 2006 had already lost the record to Stratosphere Giant, yet another Sequoia, which was measured at 112.8 m tall upon its discovery in 2004.
In general, the Sequoia and related species produce the tallest and largest trees. The General Sherman tree is a Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) that is the largest living thing by volume, although it is only 83.8 m tall.
2007-03-19 02:09:16 · answer #1 · answered by DavidK93 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The tallest tree species (not an individual tree) is the Coast Redwood, growing in California.
The greatest girth around the trunk is achieved by the Montezuma Cypress in Oaxaca, Mexico.
The Giant Sequioa of the western US has the greatest volume of wood (not counting the roots, which have never been comparatively measured) and is in the top four for height, girth and age too.
2007-03-19 09:18:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The TALLEST tree in the world is the Mendocino Redwood, which is a coast redwood. It is 367.5 feet tall, and it stands at the Montgomery Woods State Reserve near Ukiah, California.
The LARGEST tree in the world (by volume and weight), and the biggest, most massive organism alive today, is called General Sherman, and is a giant sequoia. It stands in Sequoia National Monument, in the western Sierra Nevada Mountains, California. This tree is 274.9 ft. tall, has a diameter of 36.5 ft. at the base, and is estimated to have a volume of 52,500 cubic ft.
2007-03-19 09:10:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
in 2006, there was a new tallest tree found in a national park, it is 378.1 feet tall. It has not been given a name as of yet. You can type in to yopur web search- world's talles tree, it will give you info on it.
2007-03-19 09:10:55 · answer #4 · answered by debe20062000 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Redwood with height from 90 to 300 feet.
2007-03-19 09:12:42 · answer #5 · answered by DIV 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the tallest trees are the redwood threes of US
2007-03-19 09:11:28 · answer #6 · answered by soro712 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Giant Sequoia
2007-03-19 11:29:05 · answer #7 · answered by beardedbarefooter 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I believe the largest tree species is the North American 'Giant Redwood'
2007-03-19 09:03:28 · answer #8 · answered by Ian I 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Sequoia
2007-03-19 09:02:55 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋