The Tree Blog » tall trees http://www.thetreeblog.com Trees, Tree Management and Arborist News from an Australian perspective Wed, 12 May 2010 13:11:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 World’s tallest hardwood tree found in Tasmania http://www.thetreeblog.com/2008/10/15/worlds-second-tallest-tree-found-in-tasmania http://www.thetreeblog.com/2008/10/15/worlds-second-tallest-tree-found-in-tasmania#comments Tue, 14 Oct 2008 22:21:24 +0000 admin http://www.thetreeblog.com/?p=3 A 400 year-old eucalyptus tree has been discovered in Tasmania, measuring 101 metres tall, with the aid of an airborne laser.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=62KbvcC7OM4

Called Centurian, it is apparently the world’s tallest eucalyptus tree, the tallest hardwood tree, and the tallest flowering plant with a diameter of 405cm.

It was initially reported by News.com.au to be the world’s second tallest, however this is actually not correct.

It is located near Hobart in a state forest.  There are plans to extend the Tahune Airwalk towards it so that tourists can visit.

For the record, the previous tallest in Australia was the Mount Tree/Trident Tree, a Eucalyptus regnans or Mountain Ash.

The Thorpdale Tree, also a mountain ash in Victoria, is listed in the Guiness Book of Records as the tallest discovered in Australia measuring an amazing 114.3 metres. It was felled in 1884.

I wonder if the tallest is out there still growing and waiting to be discovered …


]]> http://www.thetreeblog.com/2008/10/15/worlds-second-tallest-tree-found-in-tasmania/feed 0 Tallest Trees in the World http://www.thetreeblog.com/2008/01/12/tallest-trees-in-the-world http://www.thetreeblog.com/2008/01/12/tallest-trees-in-the-world#comments Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:27:49 +0000 admin http://www.thetreeblog.com/?p=26 Here’s an updated list of the world’s tallest trees …

The 20 tallest trees in the world as of 2008.

Tree Name Height
(m) (ft)
Hyperion 115.5 379.1
Helios 114.7 376.3
Icarus 113.1 371.2
Stratosphere Giant 113.1 370.9
National Geographic 112.8 369.9
Federation Giant 112.6 369.2
Paradox 112.5 369.0
Mendocino 112.2 368.0
TT9 112.2 367.9
Millennium 112.0 367.2
Apex 111.8 366.9
Pipe Dream 111.7 366.5
Harry Cole 111.7 366.4
Rockefeller 111.6 366.1
Minaret 111.5 366.0
Alice Rhodes 111.5 365.9
Mother & Daughter 111.5 365.8
Lone Fern 111.4 365.7
Teepee Bell 111.3 365.3
Paul Zinke 111.3 365.2

]]> http://www.thetreeblog.com/2008/01/12/tallest-trees-in-the-world/feed 0 Climbing the World’s Tallest Tree – Want to know what it’s like ? http://www.thetreeblog.com/2007/02/10/climbing-the-worlds-tallest-tree-want-to-know-what-its-like http://www.thetreeblog.com/2007/02/10/climbing-the-worlds-tallest-tree-want-to-know-what-its-like#comments Sat, 10 Feb 2007 00:17:26 +0000 admin http://www.thetreeblog.com/?p=17 Spotted this great vid on YouTube of a guy climbing Hyperion, a Sequoia Redwood in California …

www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIoZ0J7x1Cg


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