What is the largest species of tree, in terms of height and trunk girth?
"multi-trunk tree consisting of three separate trunks emerging from the same root mass that have grown together to form the massive base of the tree and therefore its girth cannot be fairly compared to those trees with just a single trunk. Many of the large girth baobabs may be multi-trunk clusters as well. The General Grant Tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in King’s Canyon National park in California is clearly a single trunk tree. It was measured to have a girth of measured at a height of . There are historical accounts of trees with extremely large girths. These should not be"
"thickest, largest, and oldest living trees are all conifers. The tallest is a Coast Redwood (""Sequoia sempervirens""), with a height of 115.55 meters (although one Victorian mountain ash, ""Eucalyptus regnans"", allegedly grew to a height of 140 meters, although the exact dimensions were not confirmed). The thickest, or tree with the greatest trunk diameter, is a Montezuma Cypress (""Taxodium mucronatum""), 11.42 meters in diameter. The largest tree by three-dimensional volume is a Giant Sequoia (""Sequoiadendron giganteum""), with a volume 1486.9 cubic meters. The smallest is the pygmy pine (""Lepidothamnus laxifolius"") of New Zealand, which is seldom taller than 30 cm"
"sempervirens), currently the world's tallest tree, is no less than 115.72 m (379.7 feet) tall. Lindsey Creek tree The Lindsey Creek French Tree is the largest single-stem organism (tree) thus far known to have existed historically. It was a coast redwood (also known as California redwood), a member of the species ""Sequoia sempervirens"". It grew in Fieldbrook, California, along the Lindsey Creek, which feeds into the Mad River. When it was uprooted and felled by a storm in 1905, its mass was at least 3,630 short tons, 3.3 million kilograms, or 7.26 million pounds; and its trunk volume was at"
"Pinus lambertiana Pinus lambertiana (commonly known as the sugar pine or sugar cone pine) is the tallest and most massive pine tree, and has the longest cones of any conifer. The species name ""lambertiana"" was given by the British botanist David Douglas, who named the tree in honour of the English botanist, Aylmer Bourke Lambert. It is native to the mountains of the Pacific coast of North America, from Oregon through California to Baja California. The sugar pine is the tallest and largest ""Pinus"" species, commonly growing to tall, exceptionally to tall, with a trunk diameter of , exceptionally ."
"General Sherman (tree) General Sherman is a giant sequoia (""Sequoiadendron giganteum"") tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, in the U.S. state of California. By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth. While the General Sherman is the largest currently living tree, it is not the largest historically-recorded tree. The Crannell Creek Giant, a coast redwood (""Sequoia sempervirens"") near Trinidad, California, is estimated to have been 15 to 25% larger than the General Sherman tree by volume. That tree was cut down in the mid-1940s. Another larger coast redwood, near"
"top ten largest giant sequoias sorted by volume of their trunks are: Sequoiadendron giganteum Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia; also known as giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, Wellingtonia or simply Big Treea nickname used by John Muir) is the sole living species in the genus ""Sequoiadendron"", and one of three species of coniferous trees known as redwoods, classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae, together with ""Sequoia sempervirens"" (coast redwood) and ""Metasequoia glyptostroboides"" (dawn redwood). Giant sequoia specimens are the most massive trees on Earth. The common use of the name ""sequoia"" generally refers to ""Sequoiadendron giganteum"", which"
"""Actinostrobus"" and ""Callitris"" places the three species of ""Actinostrobus"" within an expanded ""Callitris"" based on analysis of 42 morphological and anatomical characters. The family is notable for including the largest, tallest, and stoutest individual trees in the world, and also the second longest lived species in the world: In addition to the above, many other members of the family list among the tallest, most massive, stoutest and most long-lived tree species in the world, including Taiwania, sugi, western redcedar, incense cedar, Tibetan cypress, and Formosan cypress among others. Many of the species are important timber sources, especially in the genera"
"Lindsey Creek tree The Lindsey Creek French Tree is the largest single-stem organism (tree) thus far known to have existed historically. It was a coast redwood (also known as California redwood), a member of the species ""Sequoia sempervirens"". It grew in Fieldbrook, California, along the Lindsey Creek, which feeds into the Mad River. When it was uprooted and felled by a storm in 1905, its mass was at least 3,630 short tons, 3.3 million kilograms, or 7.26 million pounds; and its trunk volume was at least 2,550 cubic meters (90,000 cubic feet). In terms of volume, this would make it"
"General Grant (tree) The General Grant tree is the largest giant sequoia (""Sequoiadendron giganteum"") in the General Grant Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park in California and the second largest tree in the world. The tree was named in 1867 after Ulysses S. Grant, Union Army general and the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). President Calvin Coolidge proclaimed it the ""Nation's Christmas Tree"" on April 28, 1926. Due in large part to its huge base, the General Grant tree was thought to be the largest tree in the world prior to 1931, when the first precise measurements"
"to the tip or the bud of a Sitka spruce causes the growth cells to divide more rapidly than normal to form this swelling or burl. Even though the burls may look menacing, they do not affect the overall tree growth."" Picea sitchensis Picea sitchensis, the Sitka spruce, is a large, coniferous, evergreen tree growing to almost 100 m (330 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter at breast height that can exceed 5 m (16 ft). It is by far the largest species of spruce and the fifth-largest conifer in the world (behind giant sequoia, coast redwood, kauri, and western"
"Ground-based methods use optical and electronic surveying equipment to remotely measure the end diameters and the length of each section. The largest trees in the world by volume are all Giant Sequoias in King’s Canyon National Park. They have been previously reported by trunk volume as: General Sherman at 52,508 cubic feet (1,486.9 m); General Grant at 46,608 cubic feet (1,319.8 m); and President at 45,148 cubic feet (1,278.4 m). The largest non-giant Sequoia tree currently standing, Lost Monarch, is, at 42,500 cubic feet (1,203.5 m), larger than all but the top five largest living giant sequoias. The Lost Monarch"
"in addition to the species and location information, is wood volume. A general outline of tree measurements is provided in the article Tree Measurement with more detailed instructions in taking these basic measurements is provided in ""The Tree Measuring Guidelines of the Eastern Native Tree Society"" by Will Blozan. The tallest tree in the world is a coast redwood (""Sequoia sempervirens"") growing in Northern California that has been named Hyperion. In September 2012, it was measured at tall. There are 7 other coastal redwoods known to be over in height, and 222 specimens over . There are only five species"
"and a trunk diameter of up to . The largest known tree, located in Umpqua National Forest, Oregon, is tall with a diameter trunk. It has a broad conic crown of spreading branches. The bark is orange-brown weathering grayish, smooth at first, becoming fissured and exfoliating in long strips on the lower trunk on old trees. The foliage is produced in flattened sprays with scale-like leaves long; they are arranged in opposite decussate pairs, with the successive pairs closely then distantly spaced, so forming apparent whorls of four; the facial pairs are flat, with the lateral pairs folded over their"
"Picea sitchensis Picea sitchensis, the Sitka spruce, is a large, coniferous, evergreen tree growing to almost 100 m (330 ft) tall, with a trunk diameter at breast height that can exceed 5 m (16 ft). It is by far the largest species of spruce and the fifth-largest conifer in the world (behind giant sequoia, coast redwood, kauri, and western redcedar); and the third-tallest conifer species (after coast redwood and coast Douglas fir). The Sitka spruce is one of the few species documented to reach 91 m (299 ft) in height. Its name is derived from the community of Sitka in"
"Stratosphere Giant The Stratosphere Giant was once considered the tallest tree in the world. It was discovered in July 2000 in Humboldt Redwoods State Park by Chris Atkins, measuring 112.34 meters (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. On August 25, 2006, a redwood named Hyperion in the Redwood National"
"Centurion (tree) The Centurion is the world's tallest known individual ""Eucalyptus regnans"" tree and the worlds second tallest tree, thus making ""E. regnans"" the second-tallest tree species in the world after the coast redwood. The tree is located in southern Tasmania, Australia and was measured by climber-deployed tapeline at tall in 2008. A more recent measurement in January 2014 showed the tree had grown to 99.82m Centurion was re-measured again in Decmember 2018 and was found to have reached 100.5 meters in height. It was discovered in August 2008 by employees of Forestry Tasmania while analysing the data collected by"
"Redwood (""Sequoia sempervirens""), the world's tallest tree. In the other ecoregions, Coast Douglas-fir (""Pseudotsuga menziesii"" var. ""menziesii""), Sitka Spruce (""Picea sitchensis""), Western Hemlock (""Tsuga heterophylla"") and Western redcedar (""Thuja plicata"") are the most important tree species. A common feature of Pacific temperate rain forests of North America is the Nurse log, a fallen tree which as it decays, provides ecological facilitation to seedlings. Trees such as the Coast Douglas-fir, Western Hemlock, Western Red Cedar, Pacific Yew, and Vine Maple are more closely related to coniferous and deciduous trees in the temperate forests of East Asia. Some of the largest expanses"
"as Puliyidaivalaiyamman, the Tamil deity of the tamarind tree, or Kadambariyamman, associated with the kadamba tree were seen as manifestations of a goddess who offers her blessings by giving fruits in abundance. Trees have a theoretical maximum height of , but the tallest known specimen on earth is believed to be a coast redwood (""Sequoia sempervirens"") at Redwood National Park, California. It has been named Hyperion and is tall. In 2006, it was reported to be tall. The tallest known broad-leaved tree is a mountain ash (""Eucalyptus regnans"") growing in Tasmania with a height of . The largest tree by"
"as this parameter is not measured as frequently as are tree height and trunk girth. The largest recorded is the ""Monkira Monster"" (""Eucalyptus microtheca"") located at the Neuragully Waterhole in southwestern Queensland, Australia, which measured 239 feet in 1954. A raintree (""Albizia saman"") in Venezuela was measured to have a crown spread of 207 feet in 1857. It reportedly is still living, but in poor health. A University of Connecticut site suggests that in the wild they may have crown spreads up to 80 meters. Robert Van Pelt measured a crown spread of 201 feet of a kapok tree (Ceiba"
"This species of douglas-fir, is currently the second tallest tree in Canada (93.27 metres, after a 96-metre sitka spruce, the Carmanah Giant.) The douglas-fir used to be the second tallest tree in the world, taller than the redwoods, only over-passed by the mountain ash of Australia, which exceeded 150 metres tall (one douglas-fir reached a record height of ""just"" 126.5 metres, which is still almost 13 10-metre diving boards). The trees in the park, though, in no way set a record when compared to the giants of the wetter, better tree growing habitat of the west side of Vancouver Island,"
"Hundred Horse Chestnut The Hundred-Horse Chestnut (; ) is the largest and oldest known chestnut tree in the world. Located on Linguaglossa road in Sant'Alfio, on the eastern slope of Mount Etna in Sicily — only from the volcano's crater — it is generally believed to be 2,000 to 4,000 years old (4,000 according to the botanist Bruno Peyronel from Turin). It is a Sweet Chestnut (""Castanea sativa"", family Fagaceae). ""Guinness World Records"" has listed it for the record of ""Greatest Tree Girth Ever"", noting that it had a circumference of 57.9 m (190 ft) when it was measured in"
"the following sonnet (written in Italian): Hundred Horse Chestnut The Hundred-Horse Chestnut (; ) is the largest and oldest known chestnut tree in the world. Located on Linguaglossa road in Sant'Alfio, on the eastern slope of Mount Etna in Sicily — only from the volcano's crater — it is generally believed to be 2,000 to 4,000 years old (4,000 according to the botanist Bruno Peyronel from Turin). It is a Sweet Chestnut (""Castanea sativa"", family Fagaceae). ""Guinness World Records"" has listed it for the record of ""Greatest Tree Girth Ever"", noting that it had a circumference of 57.9 m (190"
"Red Creek fir The Red Creek Fir is a Douglas fir tree, at least 1000 years old, standing near Port Renfrew on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. With its diameter of 4.2 meters (13.8 feet) and height of 73.8 meters (242 feet), it is the largest Douglas fir in the world. Note that it is not the tallest in Canada (MacMillan Provincial Park has a specimen 10 meters (33 feet) taller) but it does contain more wood than any other known Douglas fir. Despite various attempts by the Ancient Forest Alliance, it does not yet have formal governmental protection"
"in Sequoia National Forest, but with a more slender base and larger trunk. The Genesis tree is also slightly larger than what was then the seventh largest tree in the world - the Franklin tree in the Giant Forest grove of Sequoia National Park - thereby making the Genesis the seventh largest tree overall, and the largest tree in the Mountain Home grove. The dimensions of the Genesis Tree as measured by Wendell D. Flint. The calculated volume ignores burns. By 2013, the tree had grown to 86.2 meters (282.8 feet) in height and attained a girth of 24.04 meters"
"other parameter commonly measured, in addition to the species and location information, is wood volume. A general outline of tree measurements is provided in the article Tree Measurement Overview with more detailed instructions in taking these basic measurements is provided in ""The Tree Measuring Guidelines of the Eastern Native Tree Society"" by Will Blozan. The tree with the largest girth was the Glencoe Baobab (Adansonia digitata) in South Africa with a diameter near ground level of , equivalent to a girth of . In 2009 the hollow tree split into two parts. The Big Tree of Tule in Santa Maria"
"now considered the 16th largest. The dimensions of the Euclid Tree as measured by Flint and Walker are shown below. The calculated volume ignores burns. Euclid Tree The Euclid Tree is a giant sequoia that is the 16th largest tree in the world. It is located in the Mountain Home Grove, one of several sequoia groves found in the southern Sierra Nevada of California. The Euclid Tree was named and measured in 1989 by ""big tree hunter"" Wendell Flint, with the help of Bob Walker. Flint later determined that it was by volume the 17th largest tree in the world."
"across the base. Monroe (tree) Monroe is a huge giant sequoia tree in Giant Forest, a sequoia grove where the largest tree in the world lives - the General Sherman. The Monroe tree is the tenth largest giant sequoia in the world. It was named by Wendell Flint. Nearby trees include the Washington Tree which was once the second largest tree in the world, but since it lost half its trunk in 2005 many sequoias are now larger. The Monroe tree has dull bark and no distinguishing features except for its great size and massive top. It was measured in"
"is the tree with the broadest trunk. It is a Montezuma cypress (""Taxodium mucronatum"") known as Árbol del Tule and its diameter at breast height is giving it a girth of . The tree's trunk is far from round and the exact dimensions may be misleading as the circumference includes much empty space between the large buttress roots. Tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that"
"Sherman Tree is neither the tallest known living tree on Earth (that distinction belongs to the Hyperion tree, a Coast redwood), nor is it the widest (both the largest cypress and largest baobab have a greater diameter), nor is it the oldest known living tree on Earth (that distinction belongs to a Great Basin bristlecone pine). With a height of , a diameter of , an estimated bole volume of , and an estimated age of 2,3002,700 years, it is nevertheless among the tallest, widest, and longest-lived of all trees on the planet. General Sherman (tree) General Sherman is a"
"Park was discovered by Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor, and is considered the tallest tree (and living thing), measuring 115.55 m (379.1 ft). This has been confirmed using a tape measurement. Two other trees in this forest were found to be taller than Stratosphere Giant as well. Stratosphere Giant The Stratosphere Giant was once considered the tallest tree in the world. It was discovered in July 2000 in Humboldt Redwoods State Park by Chris Atkins, measuring 112.34 meters (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"
"Big Tree (Washington) The Big Tree (also known as the Trout Lake Big Tree) was a massive Ponderosa pine tree in an old-growth pine and fir forest in southern Washington state, at the southern base of Mount Adams. The area is managed by the Mount Adams Ranger District of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. The tree was tall with a diameter of , and was one of the largest known Ponderosa pines in the world. It had been stressed by attacks from mountain pine beetles and its death in 2015 was confirmed the following year. From the small farming community"
"Monroe (tree) Monroe is a huge giant sequoia tree in Giant Forest, a sequoia grove where the largest tree in the world lives - the General Sherman. The Monroe tree is the tenth largest giant sequoia in the world. It was named by Wendell Flint. Nearby trees include the Washington Tree which was once the second largest tree in the world, but since it lost half its trunk in 2005 many sequoias are now larger. The Monroe tree has dull bark and no distinguishing features except for its great size and massive top. It was measured in 1980 by Wendell"
"Redwood Mountain Grove Redwood Mountain Grove is the largest grove of giant sequoia (""Sequoiadendron giganteum"") trees on earth. It is located in Kings Canyon National Park and Giant Sequoia National Monument on the western slope of California's Sierra Nevada. The grove contains the world's tallest giant sequoia (). The Hart Tree and Roosevelt Tree grow in the grove and are two of the 25 largest trees by volume in the world. The largest tree is the General Sherman Tree in the Giant Forest grove to the southeast. The Redwood Mountain Grove contains the most giant sequoia trees within its area."