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Title: Wood Facts A Series Sunday
Post by: Dawie on January 30, 2011, 11:50:28 am

Lets talk tall today.
David
 In 1872, trained forester William Ferguson, reported a fallen Eucalyptus Tree (Eucalyptus regnans), which was 18 feet in diameter and 435 feet long thus making it the tallest (or longest) tree ever found.

The world's tallest living standing tree, a Redwood {Sequoia gigantea} named Hyperion, is in Redwood National Park located in California. Last measured in October 2006, it was approximately 379 foot 1 1/2 inches {almost 38 stories} tall, or approximately 6 stories higher than the Statue of Liberty.

 The world's tallest living standing tree, other than a Redwood {Sequoia gigantea}, is a 327 foot high Douglas Fir {Pseudotsuga menziesii} named Ray Doerner, located in Coos Bay, Oregon. It would make more than 60,000 board feet of lumber.

Title: Re: Wood Facts A Series Sunday
Post by: Russ C on January 30, 2011, 01:38:19 pm

Now that's a tall tail, ummm tree. LOL ;)

Title: Re: Wood Facts A Series Sunday
Post by: Marcellarius on January 30, 2011, 03:51:32 pm

thank you David, nice to know.
I never been at the statue of liberty so I convert it to meters and just realized that the Hyperion is taller then the Dom tower in Utrecht!

looking forward to the next fact!

Title: Re: Wood Facts A Series Sunday
Post by: Dawie on January 30, 2011, 04:16:41 pm

Hi Marcel,
I to converted it and checked for tall buildings/towers of approximately the same hight. The Achmeatoren in Leeuwaarden is about that hight. Check this out and imaging a tree that tall.
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Achmeatoren_Leeuwarden.jpg
David