For those of us who love the forest, trees are a constant source of miracles. The towering forest giants can make you feel tiny, wherever you are, but some outshine the rest.
Some of the tallest trees on Earth can be found in the inaccessible tropics of Borneo and the ancient forests of Tasmania. The tallest trees in Europe have a height of more than 20 floors, but they are all non-native species from wild parts of the world.
There is no doubt that today's largest trees would not have competed in past centuries, and about 95% of the ancient and highest mahogany forests in western North America were cut down.
The tales tell of giant trees that would rise above modern monarchs. No doubt exaggeration played a role in some of the recorded measurements, but not all of them can be discounted.
We bring to your attention a list of the 10 tallest trees in the world: the ranking of world record holders is mainly the largest sequoias.
List
- 10. Centurion, 99.82 m
- 9. Mendosino, 112.20 m
- 8. Paradox, 112.56 m
- 7. Lauralin, 112.62 m
- 6. Orion, 112.63 m
- 5. National Geographic Society, 112.71 m
- 4. The giant of the stratosphere, 113.11 m
- 3. Icarus, 113.14 m
- 2. Helios, 114.58 m
- 1. Hyperion, 115.61 m
10. Centurion, 99.82 m
Tasmania, Australia
It is a happy coincidence that Centurion survived. Forest fires in 1934 spared only a few older trees in the area and moved west. In 1950, lumberjacks worked nearby, and then this giant tree was not spared. Then, in 1966 and 1967, a nearby forest was intentionally burned for subsequent regeneration. In 1967, it turned into violent, destructive fires. This time the fire went around the tree on the eastern side.
In January 2019, the tree suffered from burns, but survived.
It is possible that this tree is more than 100 meters high: laser measurements in December 2018 gave a figure of 100.5 meters! Climbers reported that the crown is healthy and grows from a broken peak, so some time ago Centurion was about 103 meters in height.
9. Mendosino, 112.20 m
State of California, USA
Wood Mendosino bore the title of the tallest tree in the world from 1996 to 2000, but this statement was refuted when several taller trees were discovered in the Humboldt district.
The Mendocino tree still grows in old mahogany groves in Montgomery Woods, but its exact location is kept secret!
8. Paradox, 112.56 m
California, USA
A professor of forestry from the University of California at Berkeley, Paul J. Zinke and graduate student Alan J. Stangenberger, discovered Paradox from Duckett Bluff, near Dyerville, in 1966, but did not give the tree a name.
In February 1993, Zinke told naturalist Michael Taylor where to look for his “Three Peas in a Pod” (then called Lorelin, Paradox, and Telperion), which, as Zink suspected, were among the tallest trees in the world .
When Taylor discovered the same tree, he called it a Paradox, because he felt that he had such an unusually thin trunk for a tree of such height.
The paradox is also the 24th fastest growing mahogany yet to be measured; over the past decade, it has grown on average by 21.1 cubic feet and 713 pounds (323 kg) for each year.
7. Lauralin, 112.62 m
California, USA
Lorelin, also known as Loralin and Federation Giant, bears many titles: the 7th highest tree in the world, the 6th largest in the local Humboldt Redwoods park, and the leader among the trees in the Federation Grove.
University of California at Berkeley, forestry professor Paul Zinke and graduate student Alan Stangenberger, discovered Lorelin of Duckett Bluff, near Dirville, in 1966, along with Paradox.
6. Orion, 112.63 m
California, USA
Orion, also known as TT9, rightfully takes first place in the Orion grove. Humboldt State Forestry professor Stephen Sillett and naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor named the tree in honor of Orion, a hunter from Greek mythology whom Greek Olympic Zeus placed among the stars.
In the spring of 2007, the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, California State Parks Fund, Nature Conservation and the Redwood Rescue League paid Sanborn Mapping Services $ 183,000 to conduct LiDAR aerial photography in Redwood National and State Parks, upstream. For three months, the 1968 Sanborn Aero Commander 500S aircraft, equipped with Leica Geosystems topographic LiDAR sensors, flew back and forth above the parks at an altitude of 800 meters, and the laser, shooting through the hole in the bottom of the fuselage, scanned the area below.
Although many of the tall red trees discovered by LiDAR, including Hyperion and Helios, were already known from earlier ground research, some trees, including Galcha Tower, Orion, Outer, and Solstice, were not previously detected.
When Sillett climbed Orion in 2009, he determined that it was the sixth highest tree in the world.
5. National Geographic Society, 112.71 m
California, USA
A tree with a very unusual name is also a sequoia. His discovery dates back to 1994. The tree grows next to the Redwood Creek River, and this is the only thing known, because the exact location remains a secret. Diameter tree NGO 4.5 meters.
4. The giant of the stratosphere, 113.11 m
California, USA
Gishant stratosphere was named the 24th largest on the Redwood Coast. The 2013 measurements were 113.11 meters high and 17 inches in diameter. The Stratosphere Giant, in 2000, was the tallest tree discovered by Chris Atkins near Bull Creek and the Giants Avenue.
To see how tall this red giant is compared to humans, search the Internet for a composite photo of James Balog.
3. Icarus, 113.14 m
California, USA
Icarus - a very tall and surprisingly thin tree, and one of the most beautiful trees in the Redwood National Park, but in the interests of the tree so that there are no photos on the Internet to protect it.
Icarus is almost impossible to find: if you first find Helios, and then use a forest laser to measure tall dead trees nearby, but it is time consuming and expensive.
2. Helios, 114.58 m
California, USA
Coast Helios in Redwood was discovered on July 1, 2006. Towards 6 p.m. Atkins and Taylor decided to measure a couple of trees and go back when they noticed that one top was flooded with the sun when all the other trees were in the dark. When they aimed their lasers at him, it was above 114 meters.
Helios is a compressed group of four trunks, hence the nickname "Mighty quad". The combination of the four trunks is different and easy to see. Approaching on one side of the slope, you will see a tree in the shade, but on the other hand it will appear in all its glory.
1. Hyperion, 115.61 m
California, USA
In Greek mythology Hyperion - one of the twelve Titans, children of the Earth and Heaven. Hyperion translates as "Tall". Therefore, it is obvious why such a name was given to the tallest tree in the world.
As part of a species that has been known to live for over a thousand years, Hyperion is relatively young. The guy who climbed the tree, Steve Sillett, an environmentalist at State University. Humboldt, stated that Hyperion is about 600 years old.
The tree was discovered in 2006 by two naturalists; Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor trained a bit and were surprised to find that Hyperion was taller than the tallest tree at that time by almost 10 feet!
When the scientific community learned about the discovery of Chris and Michael, a group of environmentalists gathered to confirm this fact. Instead of doing complex math, they simply sent the person upstairs and measured the tree with a measuring tape. Chris and Michael's calculations were correct.