trees are life-givers for many reasons but few of them are recognized for their height you'll probably be surprised at how big trees get from the tallest types of trees in California to the largest canopies in India let's explore the oldest tallest and biggest trees in the world bowab tree found across the savanas of Africa this unique tree has inspired many nicknames from Bottle Tree to upside down tree to the Tree of Life its sturdy Stout fire resistant trunk can be as wide is 11 M and often Hollow which provides living spaces for Animals as well as humans one interesting fact is some trees have been turned into barns or bars known to be as many as 2,000 years old sunlab bab trees are thought to have mythical protective Powers AMA marim Manu flourishing within one of India's driest regions this AMA marim Mau the world's largest single tree canopy the banion tree was first added to the Guinness book of World Records in 1989 as being 550 years old and having the greatest perimeter length for a tree spreading over 5 Acres with a circumference of 846 M this impressive spread is only possible because of the efforts by the local Forest Department who supports its young Roots reinforce its larger roots and water the tree with an underground pipe system Centurion Centurion earns the title of the second tallest tree species in the world located in the southern region of Tasmania Australia Centurion itself stands at a height of 327 ft or 99. 6 M with a trunk diameter of 13. 3 ft or 4.
05 M this is a lucky coincidence that Centurion has survived wildfires in 1934 spared just a few older trees in this area and passed on to the west side in 1950 there was logging nearby and at that time this giant tree would not be spared the monkey pod tree the monkey pod tree of the Sania salmon is a landscape tree having a massive shade this biggest tree on Earth is mostly native to Tropical America the crown of the monkey pod can have an overall diameter of around 200 ft the wood of this tree can be easily turned into carvings bowls or platters and is commonly sold or displayed in Hawaii the PODS of this big tree have a sticky Brown pulp that is often used for feeding cattle in Central America the monkey pod grows pink flowers that resemble powder Puffs these flowers are pollinated by insects and will develop edible seed pods about 4 to 8 in in length the dorer fur the name refers to a specific Douglas fur found in KZ County while it's not the tallest tree in the world the dorer fur does measure as the tallest non redwood tree in the world this Douglas fur measures 327 ft or 99. 7 ft tall and almost made it the tallest tree in the world what's more the dorer fur is about 500 years old making it not only huge but also one of the oldest trees in the world Douglas Furs have already grown to be rather tall on average 70 to 300 ft or 20 to 100 m tall however Great Basin bristle cone Pine is also recorded as the oldest tree in the world estimated between 4700 and 5,000 years old the Sitka Spruce spruce up your life and learn about the Sia Spruce these species of spruce counts as the largest tree of them all as well as the fifth largest conifer in the world just look at how high over the canopy they reach the siika spruce grows prevalently in Alaska so prevalent that Alaska made it its symbol the tallest of the sit KAS sprues is named Raven's Tower located in the Prairie Creek Redwood State Park in California measuring a height of 37. 2 ft tall or 96.
7 M Tall cury Tree this New Zealand Mammoth tree is one of the biggest trees in the world and curri Forest are some of the most ancient tany mahuta New Zealand's largest curri is 51 M high and has a circumference of 13. 8 M its name is Maui meaning lord of the forest and is estimated to be up to 2500 years old Maui used cowy timber for boat building carving and building houses the gum was used as a fire starter and for chewing the arrival of European settlers in the 1700s to 1800s saw the decimation of these magnificent forests giant bamboo dendro calamus is a genus of giant tropical bamboo this genus has 29 species and is mostly found in China and Southeast Asia this bamboo in the picture is one of the tallest bamboo species with a height of more than 46 M they are high yielding bamboos and can be used in many things such as construction water pipes paper production furniture and many more simply stated bamboo grows up in the spring and out in the summer and fall an amazing fact this older canes will never increase in height but will simply put on a new crop of leaves each year White Knight at just shy of 90 M registered height this is one of the last remaining examples of an ultra sized white peppermint while they are non unfamiliar in the northeastern Tasmanian Forest there are a few places left to see them like a giant you can easily visit this magnificent giant tree and its Grove of other massive trees at metha near a east of Lon ceston these are a series of super trees that grow at ever cre Forest Reserve and are said to be located here for over 300 years the White Knight is known to reach a height of 91. 3 M yellow Moran of Borneo found in Borneo the species of Shia fuana is found in danum valley of sabath Kota Kinabalu and is known to grow at a staggering height of 94.
1 m it was once the tallest tree in Malaysia heavy logging by the palm oil industry has decimated yellow Moran numbers in Malaysia and the species is now classified as endangered on the international Union for conservation of Nature and natural resources red list of threatened species research shows that degraded forests can bounce back within 50 to 100 years Manara the tree was discovered in the year 2019 and was named Manara which means Tower in Malaysian Manara is the world's tallest known flowering plant and tropical tree which are found in Malaysia Manara reaches a height of 100. 8 MERS however there are still doubts that either Centurion or Manara are the tallest trees one thing that gave Manara an advantage is that it was growing as it is primarily sheltered by the ridge which is fundamental for wind protection one of the main factors that constrain maximum tree Heights ponderosa pine this rangy flowering plant is located near the Rogue River in Oregon's cisu National Forest the most widely distributed Pine species in North America are also known as the bull pine Blackjack Pine and Western yellow pine it is growing to incredible Heights of over 200 ft with huge trunks 3 to 4T across named for its ponderous which means heavy wood this Pine is the major Lumber tree in the southwest the Ponderosa Pine is a longli species found in abundance throughout the Western us it can range from 55 to 90 ft tall and can live up to 400 years it's always eye soothing to catch some huge cedar trees in nature video Shia jooris also found in borneo's taow Hills National Park is the former entry's slightly taller relation the Shia Johor renesis while there are no known edible and medicinal uses of this tree it is a source of hard resin used for caulking boats and baskets as an adhesive and a fuel Shia jooris also known as the moranti Pepa jat is a critically endangered Tree in Singapore growing up to 50 m tall it has a prominent scale like domatia and its leaves and Wing fruit the wood is used for light construction musical instruments and plywood Brown tops stringy bark also commonly known as the Tasmanian Oak this tree's tallest known species is also found in Tasmania its Timber has moderate hardness and strength is mostly used for pul production as well as construction and manufacturer it is a tree that typically grows to a height of 90 M or sometimes a mly and forms a linger tuber the trunk is up to 3 m in diameter and has a thick rough stringy or fibrous bark branches are more than 80 mm in diameter having stringy bark and thinner branches have a smooth greenish or grayish bark denisia excelsa the tallest example of this South Amer American canopy emerged tropical rainforest tree species is found near the boundary of Brazil's ampa and Par States the semideciduous tree is harvested from the wild for its very strong and durable Timber which is used locally and also traded it has a height of 60 M and is taller the unarmed trunk is cylindrical a bowl of larger specimens 15 to 22 M up to 3 m in diameter at soil level Western Hemlock Western Hemlock is a large native evergreen tree at maturity it is generally 100 to 150 ft tall and 2 to 4 ft in trunk diameter on best sites old growth trees reach diameters greater than 3. 3 ft the maximum diameter is about 9 ft because fungi are limited in their effectiveness at high elevations such as the upper Pacific silver fur or Mountain Hemlock zones Western Hemlock in these locations routinely reach ages of 800 plus years even up to 1200 years hopia newens taow Hills National Park is also home to large rainforest tree species hopia Newtons the tree is harvested for its gam Timber which is very hard heavy and durable and its opaque yellow resin hopia newans is indeed a large rainforest tree species it is found in the Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo the tallest measured specimen is 82.
2 M tall in the taow Hills National Park in sabaha on the island of Borneo Nina lural Mina another species of tree is found in Tasmania and also is a member of the eukalyptus family it is popularly known as the Blue Gum Tree and is popular for pulp and eucalyptus oil it is known to grow at least at a staggering height of 100 m this giant Gem of blue gum is also perilously close to clear-cut areas happily in this case writes pavas nature conservation laws managed cutting down the biggest tree forestry Tasman allows the rule that trees of 85 M height are spared from cutting it's also known as the mother and daughter tree giant sequoia tree also known as the Sierra Redwood these amazingly tall trees occur naturally only on the west coast of the United States this giant seoa growing as high as 85 M and as wide as 8 m in diameter redwood trees in their Forest is popular tourist attractions thanks to their Epic Proportions the tallest and most famous of the Redwoods the General Sherman tree is located in California's seoa National Park and is believed to be over 2,000 years old Hyperion ah the grand peran of all tall trees Hyperion the biggest tree in the world this remarkable Coast Redwood was discovered in 2006 and is so tall that its top cannot be seen living in a secret location in Redwood National Park California it lives among other notable specimens including Helios a 3743 ft Icarus at 371. 50 4T the tallest out of the three trillion trees currently living in the world are still growing Hyperion is currently growing at a rate of 3.
