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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 ianai »

Joelexander wrote: post #20
briga wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Not quite. I’ve heard of even older than the following quote but it’s in the Longevity book and I don’t have a direct quote handy:

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Researchers at the Rocky Mountain Tree-Ring Research Group then announced the age of another P. longaeva also located in the White Mountains — this one 5,062 years old

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.livescience.com/amp/29152-o...

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Post by diveanon »

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

A meth head burned down the oldest tree (3500 YO) in Florida a few years ago.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Senator_(tree)

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Post by lacker »

Joelexander wrote: post #20
briga wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Arguably, a spruce in Sweden is 9550 years old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Tjikko

Depends how you count regrowing from the roots though. Trees can't be too much older because that's around the end of the Ice Age. ;-)

My personal preference is not for a single tall or big tree as much as a sprawling area full of many huge trees. If you're ever in the far-Northern-California area, this hike is amazing:

https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/california/cathedral-tree...

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Post by jjeaff »

Joelexander wrote: post #20
briga wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

The location of Hyperion doesn't seem to be undisclosed.

http://famousredwoods.com/hyperion/

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Post by jdc0589 »

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

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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.

yep. its pretty incredible. Old redwoods have entire ecosystems in their crowns. full on bushes that bear fruit, ferns, etc...
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