Ten Tallest Trees On Earth
10. Mendocino – 112.20 m (368.1 ft) Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Montgomery Woods, California, USA
Diameter: 4,19 m (13,7 ft)
This is a list of 10 largest trees
in the world. The exact locations of 10 tallest trees in the world are
secrets, so the pictures available in this post are only illustrations.
The trees are not guarded 24/7 and only sealed the information what keep
the trees grow higher.
Between December 1996
and August 2000, the tallest tree in Montgomery Woods, named the
Mendocino Tree, was the world’s tallest known tree. It was displaced by
the discovery of a number of taller trees in Humboldt Redwoods State
Park and later Redwood National Park in Humboldt County. The tree is one
of dozens of similar height in the grove, and was never specifically
marked in order to protect the tree. Earlier well-publicized candidates
for the world’s tallest tree suffered damage from stresses resulting from crowds of tourists.
9. Paradox – 112.56 m (369.2 ft), USASpecies: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Humboldt, Rockefeller Forest, California, USA
Diameter: 3,90 m (12,8 ft)
8. Rockefeller – 112.60 m (369.3 ft) Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Humboldt, Upper Bull Creek Flat, California, USA
Diameter: –
7. Lauralyn – 112.62 m (369.5 ft) Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Humboldt, South Fork Eel River, California, USA
Diameter: 4,54 m (14,9 ft)
Discovered by Paul Zinke & Al Stangenburger
6. Orion – 112.63 m (369.5 ft) Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwood, Redwood Creek Tributary, California, USA
Diameter: 4,33 m (14,2 ft)
Discovered and verified by Lidar
5. National Geographic Society – 112.71 m (369.9 ft) Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwood Creek, California, USA
Diameter: 4,39 m (14,4 ft)
The fifth tallest tree in the world is located in Redwood Creek. From
1994, after it was found, the tree became the tallest tree in the world
until 1995.
4. Stratosphere Giant – 113.11 m (371.1 ft) Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Humboldt, Rockefeller Forest, California, USA
Diameter: 5,18 m (17 ft)
Stratosphere Giant was once considered
the tallest tree in the world. It was discovered in July 2000 in
Humboldt Redwoods State Park, measuring 112.34 metres (368.6 ft) tall.
The tree has continued to grow and measured 113.11 m (371.1 ft) in 2010.
It is a specimen of the species Sequoia sempervirens, the Coast
Redwood. It is surrounded by a large number of trees of almost equal
size. To avoid damage by tourism, the tree’s exact location was not
disclosed to the public.
3. Icarus – 113.14 m (371.2 ft) Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwood, Redwood Creek Tributary, California, USA
Diameter: 3,78 m (12,4 ft)
Discovered July 1st, 2006. Dead spire top. Once taller.
2. Helios – 114.58 m (375.9 ft) Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwood, Redwood Creek Tributary, California, USA
Diameter: 4,96 m (16,3 ft)
According to report, Helios was the
tallest tree in the world from 1 June 2006 until 25 august 2006. The
tree lost its title after foresters found Hyperion on the other side of
Redwood creek tributary.
1. Hyperion – 115.61 m (379.3 ft) Species: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwood, Redwood Creek Tributary, California, USA
Diameter: 4,84 m (15,9 ft)
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. Hyperion was discovered August 25, 2006 by naturalists
Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor. The tree was verified as standing
115.55 metres (379.1 ft) tall by Stephen Sillett. The tree was found in a
remote area of Redwood National and State Parks purchased in 1978. The
exact location of the tree has not been revealed to the public for fear
that human traffic would upset the ecosystem the tree inhabits. The tree
is estimated to contain 502 cubic metres (17,700 cu ft) of wood, and to
be roughly 700 – 800 years old.