- Stratosphere Giant
Stratosphere Giant was once considered the tallest tree in the world. It measured 112.83
metres or 370.5 feet in2004 , and is located in theHumboldt Redwoods State Park ,California ,USA . The tree is still growing taller; in August2000 it was 112.34 m tall, and in2002 it measured 112.56 m. 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
September 8 ,2006 , a redwood named Hyperion in theRedwood National Park was discovered and is considered the tallest tree (and living thing), measuring 115.55metres or 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. [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/archive/2006/09/07/TREE.TMP]ee also
*Sequoia—Statistics section
*Orders of magnitude (length)
*List of famous trees External links
* [http://www.conifers.org/cu/se/index.htm Gymnosperm Database]
* [http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/content_pages/record.asp?recordid=47342 Guinness Book of Records]
* [http://www.cspra.com/wave04/tree.html Tracking the tallest tree]
* [http://www.ictinternational.com.au/TallTreesGallery.htm Photo gallery] with meteorology and plant physiology sensors installed
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