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Researchers Discover the Tallest Known Tree in the Amazon

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Re: Researchers Discover the Tallest Known Tree in the Amazon

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Post by magduf »

lacker wrote: post #5

Because a lot of HN readers are located near San Francisco, I thought it would be worth mentioning that this tree is not as tall as the tallest tree in the bay area! There is a 328-foot redwood tree in Big Basin. https://blog.sfgate.com/stienstra/2013/09/18/328-foot-redwoo... There are hundreds of amazing, huge trees in Big Basin and I would recommend it to anyone. It is humbling to think that these organisms may out…

>It is humbling to think that these organisms may outlive you by a thousand years.

They'll probably outlive the tall trees in the Amazon, since Brazil is happily razing the forest as fast as they can.

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Post by wil421 »

BitwiseFool wrote: post #10
coldcode wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Amazing a tree that tall can get things from the root that high. Unless the tops work differently?

Redwoods depend on the humidity and fog from the pacific coast to get water to its highest parts and to keep it from drying out.

For those who might interested.

“ Foliar Uptake of Fog in the Coast Redwood Ecosystem: a Novel Drought-Alleviation Strategy Shared by Most Redwood Forest Plants”[1]

[1]https://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr238/...

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Post by RenRav »

munk-a wrote: post #3
CryptoBanker wrote: post #2

They had better un-discover it before some idiot chops it down just because

Or, alternatively, drives into it with their truck while drunk[1]. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_of_T%C3%A9n%C3%A9r%C3%A9

I was wondering how they managed to hit the only tree for hundreds of miles around. Its isolation made it a target, basically the only landmark around, so of course people would be driving straight at it.

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Post by est31 »

lacker wrote: post #5

Because a lot of HN readers are located near San Francisco, I thought it would be worth mentioning that this tree is not as tall as the tallest tree in the bay area! There is a 328-foot redwood tree in Big Basin. https://blog.sfgate.com/stienstra/2013/09/18/328-foot-redwoo... There are hundreds of amazing, huge trees in Big Basin and I would recommend it to anyone. It is humbling to think that these organisms may out…

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blog.* is unavailable in GDPR-land but I found another entry on the proper site which is available in europe: https://www.sfgate.com/science/article/777-year-old-tree-is-...

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Post by iron0013 »

CryptoBanker wrote: post #2

They had better un-discover it before some idiot chops it down just because

Not sure why this was flagged. Noteworthy trees (tallest, oldest, last remaining, famously beautiful, etc) routinely get chopped down by vandals, apparently purely out of spite.

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Post by briga »

lacker wrote: post #5

Because a lot of HN readers are located near San Francisco, I thought it would be worth mentioning that this tree is not as tall as the tallest tree in the bay area! There is a 328-foot redwood tree in Big Basin. https://blog.sfgate.com/stienstra/2013/09/18/328-foot-redwoo... There are hundreds of amazing, huge trees in Big Basin and I would recommend it to anyone. It is humbling to think that these organisms may out…

Not to mention, the tallest tree in the world is only a few hours drive away in Sequoia National Park.

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Post by Joelexander »

briga wrote: post #19
lacker wrote: post #5

Because a lot of HN readers are located near San Francisco, I thought it would be worth mentioning that this tree is not as tall as the tallest tree in the bay area! There is a 328-foot redwood tree in Big Basin. https://blog.sfgate.com/stienstra/2013/09/18/328-foot-redwoo... There are hundreds of amazing, huge trees in Big Basin and I would recommend it to anyone. It is humbling to think that these organisms may out…

Not to mention, the tallest tree in the world is only a few hours drive away in Sequoia National Park.

That'd would be the largest tree by volume, the General Sherman tree is 52,500 cubic feet.

The tallest tree would be Hyperion, a coastal redwood, which is in an undisclosed location in one of the Redwood National or State parks.

Coincidentally the oldest tree in the world is also in California, Methuselah in Eastern California is 4,851 years old.

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