The Biggest Tree on Earth is Bigger Than Your Imagination
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 พ.ค. 2024
- Trees are life-givers for many reasons. Trees are generally ignored by many, some of them have been revered for their height. There is various height that the trees grow and some have an amazing ability to grow more than 400ft in height. Here are the top 20 biggest trees on earth.
1. 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 feet or 99.6 meters--with a trunk diameter of 13.3 feet or 4.05 meters. This is a lucky coincidence that Centurion has survived. Wildfires in 1934 spared just a few older trees in this area and passed on the west side. In 1950 there was logging nearby and at that time this giant tree would not be spared.
2. The Monkey Pod tree
The monkeypod tree of the Samanea saman is a landscape tree having a massive shade. This biggest tree on earth is mostly native to tropical America. The crown of the monkeypod can have an overall diameter of around two hundred feet. 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 monkeypod grows pink flowers that resemble powder puffs. These flowers are pollinated by insects and will develop edible seed pods about 4 to 8 inches in length.
3. The Doerner Fir
The name refers to a specific Douglas fir found in Coos County. While it’s not the tallest tree in the world, the Doerner Fir does measure as the tallest non-redwood tree in the world. This Douglas fir measures 327 feet or 99.7 feet tall and almost made it the tallest tree in the world. What’s more, the Doerner Fir is about 500 years old--making it not only huge but also one of the oldest trees in the world. Douglas Firs has already grown to be rather tall, on average 70 to 300 feet or 20 to 100 meters tall. However, Great Basin Bristlecone pine is also recorded as the oldest tree in the world, estimated between 4700-5000 years-old.
4. Kauri Tree
This New Zealand mammoth tree is one of the biggest trees in the world and Kauri forests are some of the most ancient. Tane Mahuta, New Zealand’s largest Kauri is 51 meters high and has a circumference of 13.8 meters. Its name in Maori means “Lord of the Forest” and is estimated to be up to 2,500 years old. Maori used kauri 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.
5. 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 sequoia growing as high as 85 meters and as wide as 8 meters in diameter, redwood trees and their forests 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 Sequoia National Park and is believed to be over 2,000 years old.
6. Baobab Tree
Found across the savannahs 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 as 11 meters and often hollow, which provides living space for animals as well as humans- one interesting fact is some trees have even been turned into barns or bars! Known to be as many as 2,000 years old, Sunland baobab trees are thought to have mythical protective powers.
7. White Knight
At just shy of 90 meters 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 forests, there are 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 Mathinna near Avoca, east of Launceston. These are a series of super trees that grow at Ever Creech Forest Reserve and are said to be located here for over 300 years. The white knight is known to reach a height of 91.3m.
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Thank you for the update, Ultimate Fact..!! There are some people who believe Devils Tower in Crook County, Wyoming was once a tall tree that touched the sky -- mentioned in the Holy Bible.
"King, you are that tree! You have become great and powerful. You are like the tall tree that touched the sky-your power reaches to the far parts of the earth. “King, you saw a holy angel coming down from heaven. He said, ‘Cut the tree down and destroy it. Put a band of iron and bronze around the stump and leave the stump and its roots in the ground. Leave it in the grass in the field. It will become wet with dew." Daniel 4:22-30 ERV
I didn't believe this, until I saw photographs of photographic seismic readings below the tower.. 🥶😱
Thank you so much for the kind words! It means a lot to me that you appreciate my videos and find value in the information I share. I'll keep bringing you more fascinating facts and updates!
well that would be impossible you see since none of what happened in the Bible took place in what's known as America unless your a mormon trying to rewrite history which IS NOT, I repeat, IS NOT the Holy Bible.
Great video. Devil's Tower also known as Mato Pila by the Lakota is a sacred site. It actually is a mineral formation called "phonolite porphyry" and called columnar jointing. Very cool place. The natives say a giant bear scratched the tower giving it all the deep column grooves. Earth is beautiful.
@@UltimateFact The narration is atrocious. Who wrote this script? Was this written in another language and then Google translated to English? And the video editing even worse. 480p quality clips, and rarely matching the tree described. I wish people had more smarts and would stop subscribing to these TH-cam mill junk channels.
@@UltimateFact Thanks for mentioning both "feet" and "meters".
If you want to keep the trees, keep the humans away from them
I agree
Close the borders.
Well said.
What a load of hooey. There are more trees in North America right now than when the pilgrims came.
@@pamelah6431You know damn well there was no way the empirical data existed when the pilgrims landed to actually validate that statement. Furthermore, the numbers can be skewed if you want to conjure up hypotheticals. You cut down a 500 year old tree and replace it with five year-old saplings, you have more trees on paper but the five in no way equate or surpass the one lost. Humans destroy shit. It's what we do. We then rebuild and shape it out of the destruction.
I worked in California for a year, July 1981 to August 1982. we went to the Sequoia National Forest to see the trees, a huge bough had fallen off one of the big trees and I secreted about 6 cones off the bough and took them back to the UK. I planed some of the seeds in 1983 and grew one of the seedlings on and planted it in my garden. After about 12 years it was quite large and i had to fell it, shame really, but it would have got far to big in the place where I planted it. It was just an experiment, but two of the seedlings I grew on, I planted out on a huge estate locally and are growing beautifully.
Is it considered an invasive species? Or is the crown going to allow it to live?
Good job.
When the Earth's climate was warmer and more humid than it is today, the redwood species grew throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Over time and in response to an ever-changing environment, they retreated from most of their former range, and many once-abundant redwood species became extinct growing only in the NW America.
A few years ago in Washington they were taking out old drainage pipes and found some that were very old and still working that were made of redwood. It is a very fire resistant tree that is why they have lived so long in the Sierras were fires have occured all the time since the begining of time.
Haha love it.
@@user-pg4iw1cm8c The climate was warmer. WOW I thought were in a climate emergency.
Trees are such beautiful creatures and they give us life with oxygen; they are live specimens that feel and protect. I just love them!
@@lhood8263 redwoods do not produce very good firewood, choose ash or ok for very good firewood when properly seasoned. Redwoods give great outdoor experiences when they are old and huge.
Trees don't create the oxygen. Algae does.
They’re not CREATURES. It’s a TREE👈🏻
About 80% of oxygen comes from blue-green algae in the warm parts of the ocean. What's more important is trees absorb co2 (not that co2 is harmful, but too much of it will be _to us.)_
Biden wants to cut trees down
When I first visited the Redwood forest in California, I thought they didn't look so big. Then I parked next to a tree and went for a short walk. When I looked back, my car looked like a tiny toy next to the tree. That's when I got a true perspective of just how huge they are.
The Sequoia are much bigger.
Went through the Redwood Forest a few years back - omg, so amazing. The feeling of walking around them through the forest is simply magical.
My front yard is a grove of giant california Redwoods, maybe 100, in the back yard by the barn is one with a trunk circumference of about 30’…..i’m so blessed. I love to go stand and gaze upwards in the grove. Bonny Doon, California 🌲⛰👨🌾
@@robertfitch310 You are indeed blessed!
@@s.scirocco4411 Thank you, my life is quite a testimony of being blessed. I was the gardener of many rich and famous..Rock Hudson, Wayne Gretzky,billionaire Ron Burkle and many more , lost it all to crack/alcohol addiction, got sober, recovered my career, marriage and family. All Glory to God! It is hard work living up here in these mountains and I just turned 70, been through 5 yrs of health hell. A fall from a ladder revealed a congenital heart valve defect, internal bleeding episode, small stroke from improper meds, accidentally shot myself in the foot cleaning my gun I carry up here and a few more issues. I believe that God gave me this responsibility, keeping this property and log cabin gorgeous, to show people the Grace HE offers us. Blessings, take care! 🌲⛰👨🌾🙏🇺🇸
@@robertfitch310 --If I Lived close to those Giant Redwoods, I would be Seeing the Glory of God Non-Stop, what a Magnificent Species...
@@randybeard6040 It truly is that, the witness of His Majesty and power displayed in Nature before me everyday. I don’t take the stewardship of His gift lightly. As I sit and write this a light drizzle turns into rain as the Redwoods filter the water out of the fog that pushes over this ridge. It is the way God designed the leaves, to filter every drop it can to water these giants…truly magical.🌲⛰👨🌾🇺🇸🙏
Thank You for this video. I took my mom to see General Sherman... The first week of March 1983. There was snow on the ground. We parked and i took pictures of my mom at General Sherman up next to it. Later that year I took my friend there, when the snow had melted. We were 14 feet lower than when my Mom and iI were there! I will tell you this, This tree tee is massive. It should be protected. Our nation needs to fund more money to are parks and wild life areas. Quit getting into WARS! Quit giving money away over seas!
Open your own wallet and send them a donation each week.
I used to live in the redwood forests of far Northern California. Those Redwwods are my favorite trees on Earth. had a stump in my yard you could have lived in if had been hollow. The burned off stump was over 50 ft tall with a smaller redwood growing out of the top of the stump.
You didnt have to insult my imagination😂
The Bartek Oak (Polish: Dąb Bartek) is one of the oldest oak trees in Poland. It grows in Zagnańsk near Kielce in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains. Its age, previously estimated at up to 1200 years, has recently been established to be 686 years (in 2016), with a corer used to extract a sample for a ring count. An accurate count is impossible, as Bartek's interior has hollowed with age. There are several older trees in Poland, both oaks and yews (some over 1000 years old), yet none of them have matched Bartek's fame.
The 33,5-metre tall Bartek measures 970 cm at CBH (circumference at breast height) and 13.5 metres in girth at its base. Its crown spreads about 40 metres.
The house we live in the Poconos, going on 6 years ago, has a Red Dawn cedar tree which grows 24 inches a year and lives to be 3,000 years old. I think we're the only house in this development that has this tree which is huge. The circumference or girth of its trunk can be close to 7 or 8 ft. This one still has a little bit of time to go, but it's already huge. It'll outlive all of us. Lol!
It has fern like leaves that turn orange in the fall and the "leaves " fall off like a normal tree. But this tree is the one I call the 'platypus tree' because it just doesn't make any sense. Has little things that come off of it like tendrils that cover everything and then in another month where it sheds other stuff, and it's little pine cone thingies are so cute! It's quite an elaborate tree. When the rain falls on the trunk, it's like a beautiful reddish brown color as well .
And then in the Spring and Summer it is absolutely gorgeous.
Poconos? I'm nearby by and sometimes work in Wilkes-Barre. Been thinking of how to place solar panels on a tree, a giant tree might be perfect 🌳
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Consult a botanist, there is a lot of life that is sustained in trees. This will ensure that you do not damage it. 🌿💖🇨🇱
It makes you feel very Quiet when you walk through a giant redwood forest...
Imagine going back in time 1000 years and hiking from Los Angeles to Crescent City and the vast pristine fog forests of untouched old growth filled with elk cougars and grizzlies.
I always loved how Tolkien heightened awareness of, and appreciation for, trees by humanising them in the LOTR. Clever man, he was.
The Mountain Ash in Victoria Australia has 85m+ trees still standing in forest and water catchment areas. One with 1/4 it missing off the top from bushfires and lightning strikes
Trees have fascinated me since I was a child. I would love to see all the trees featured on this vid in person. Thanks for the vid.
considering some of the trees covered that arent among the biggest, you could have mentioned the Southern Rata tree from the south island of New Zealand. The southern rata is an amazing tree that can live 3000 years plus. When you walk through a Southern Rata forest, you really wouldnt be surprised if you saw a dinasaur haha! they start of as a shoot that grows up a host tree, then they send shoots back down & then grow up & around the host tree, so the trunks are amazingly gnarled & complex, but they give back to the forest by supporting lots of other trees on their trunks. Because of the way they grow ive seen some with 3m diameter trunks at the base, they arent the tallest, but they do grow to 45m, but their girth is massive, & each tree is itself like a whole ecosystem, with cabbage trees, ferns & mosses all growing from their trunks & lower massive branches.. Theyre just amazing! And have beautiful red flowers that brighten up the whole canopy..
As for Tasmanian Mountain Ash aka Eucalyptus Regnans, the worlds tallest flowering plant, vs the Californian Redwoods, it's actually debateable which is the tallest tree, because many Mountain Ash trees in the colonial period, in both Tasmania & also Victoria, were found to be 130m long after being cut down. The tallest ones now, around 100m are the ones that were spared. But theyre growing faster than the Californian Redwoods. So its possible that if the tallest ones in the Styx Valley, the Valley of Giants, are protected from nearby logging & the thinning out of the old growth forest which results in fires getting closer to their habitat, if theyre allowed to find their full potential, its very possible we might see 120m plus specimens again. Euclyptus Regnans have already been crdited with having the biggest specimen, which was unfortunately lost to fire, not the tallest but the biggest girth. So if you combine the record of the biggest girth, with among already the second tallest trees, that are growing faster than the known tallest trees, then i think its quite possible that Eucalyptus Regnans have very likely the tallest potential..
As a native Californian--and a devotee of both Sequoia (Big) Trees and Coast Redwoods, and can tell you with high confidence that several of tge pics you call Sequoias are in fa t Coast Redwoods, and also, several of the pics you have on screen while describing Coast Redwoods are in fact Sequoias. They may all look the same to you, but the two species are only distant cousins. We in California take pride in our amazing trees.
Many of these videos across all subject areas are made by "TH-camrs" rather than arboriculturist or say in my profession Photographers.
Exactly what I thought when I watched this video
Pretty sure Bamboo is a grass, not a tree.
Yep.
Silly classification If you can’t mow it, it’s a tree!
Scientists at it again.
@@pggalwain5181 does shearing count? Pains my soul to see people use hedge trimmers on great big yews and junipers, etc. Like they need a shave.
@@pggalwain5181 I can't mow my car but pretty sure it's not a tree.
I love TREES. Thank you for the information about them. Being Tall and living for many years is Awesome.
Each time you said diameter, you were showing someone measuring it's cicumfrance. Two very different things.
The diameter can be deduced from the circumference: c = pi x d, or d = c/pi.
But it is easier to calculate the diameter by measuring the circumference and just divide by PI, rather than trying to measure the diameter directly. Especially for very large trees.
Simple as pi then.
Much easier to measure than diameter. Then you can use some fancy Ancient Greek mathematical formulas, ie divide by pi.
A Victorian mountain ash (aka centurion) was reported at a length of 132.6 metres in 1872. It was measured by a forester named Ferguson, after it had fallen.
Mountain Ash are still considered the world’s tallest FLOWERING tree!
Yeah I planted a sapling that I found in my dad's garden we had to move it to a neighbours after a while as it was getting too big!😂, 39 years later it's sill thriving!😁👍
A Victorian mountain ash that grew between Thorpedale and Mirboo North was measured at 120 m when cut down to create the record for the Worlds longest log. They are easily the worlds tallest flowering plant and as an extra interesting point, they often harbour the baby bird orchid among its roots. They were thought to be the worlds shortest flowering plant until another Australian orchid was found that flowers underground.😊
I was disappointed not to hear any mention of kapok trees. I live in redwood country, but was still impressed by these magnificent trees when I visited Ecuador.
Wow! That second tree is amazing!! I am glad that these trees are still around. That Monkey Pod is cool.
Pictures don’t do these giant redwoods justice. Until you actually stand by these magnificent trees you truly can’t appreciate their size. Truly a gift from God.
In rural Connecticut in the Green Mountains I found a giant oak tree in a stone wall area which had a trunk that was 30' diameter and the branches were as big as any of the adult trees in the area. I would say that tree was at least 300 years old
The American Chesnut Tree was a very big tree in North America, north Georgia had some huge chestnut trees.
Great to see the General Sherman shown. When my daughter (US Army Major, veterinarian) was stationed in that area, I traveled to visit her and we went to see the Giant Sequoias. That was one of the best experiences of my life!
These last of their kind giants are literal time machines, they are totally different than trees today;
their genos are so precious that they need to be protected as once they are gone, they gone forever never to be seen again.
Older than the massive Sequoias or the biblical Bristlecone Pines, the oldest known aspen clone has lived more than 80,000 years on Utah's Fishlake National Forest. Not only is the clone the oldest living organism, weighing in at an estimated 6,600 tons, it is also the heaviest.
It is interesting to note that this tree has been alive since the Mt Toba eruption that caused a 11 year volcanic winter.
I remember hearing about that before, So amazing! I remember looking up aspens and seeing that, Because I was wondering why aspens grow in sections together and they all look a lot alike. I have planted a lot of aspens too, They always come in a clump of like 4 or 5 trees together in the same root ball.
The giants need ash to germinate ❤
@@dp-kz5cs Do you mean sequoias need ash in the ground they are planted in?? I never knew that when I planted giant redwood seeds at my home in the UK, they grew beautifully in both commercial compost and my own home made compost.
Wow! That’s interesting, I love trees, thanks
Right? the video was about “biggest” bot tallest alone! I was disappointed to not see Pando!
California coastal redwoods are a big part of my life and soul along with the rivers that flow through them….So Hum
Exiting the 101 the drive for the first few miles towards Petrolia through the Redwoods is magical !
One would think that this video was covering some unsolved mystery of why dead bodies are turning up everywhere with the eerie background music going on.
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Amazing that something could grow so so gigantic on Mother Earth. The perfect soils, perfect amount of sun, and lots of rain/ moisture are needed for such immense beauty. How lucky we are !!! The Garden Planet is miraculous !!! No other planet can support such fabulous life. 🙏 thanks for water, sunshine.
Yes Blair - but we don't appreciate it. And not enuf of us want to preserve it
@@berthaday3473 ..well...we will keep fighting to educate people. Never give up ...
Well , maybe there are other planets ......nobody knows for sure , yet
@@rippi37 ...maybe, but we will NEVER know. Other planets are much much much much much too too too far away... NEVER....we have no conception of the immense distances the universe is... !!! No idea... Here are glorious Earth we are lucky to have WATER !! Without water Earth would be a rock in space, with zero life....zero.
Oh , so you are a planetary scientist ? Like I stated ...there WILL BE other planets in other solar systems that may / probably support life..... but we will not find out for some time to come. I have a great understanding of the galactic space out there. Why are you stating the bleeding obvious , about water ? There's been water found elsewhere in OUR galaxy , what's to say it is not out there in another galaxy ????? Only an imbecile can believe we are the ONLY planet with life on it. Open your mind , do some research about planetary discoveries . I'm sure you will learn lots :)@@blairsterling6141
Your pronunciation of the Kauri (cow-ree) left a bit to be desired, but other than that, Nice job. Very interesting to an old woodsman such as myself. Part of my job as a trainee woodsman was to climb kauri trees and collect seed for use in the nurseries. Thanks for the video.
I have seen the doerner/brummit fir several times over the years it's an amazing Douglas fir tree in a beautiful area with a short hike. I've also seen some of the biggest redwoods like the Lost Monarch, Screaming titans, Del Norte Titan, Chesty Puller, and others. They are the most magnificent things I've ever seen in the woods.
I will tell you this. I am a tall guy at 6'2" tall. But I love seeing God's wonderful works in nature that always make me feel small. I want to go to both Redwood National Park and Sequoiah/Kings Canyon National Park one day! I did go a few years ago to visit a friend in Yakima, WA. I went with his family to The Yakima Arboretum and got a taste of very large trees! There was one there that was pretty tall but more notably had a circumference that I could have fit my apartment in with room to spare!
I was actually able to climb up to a low lying point where 2 trunks merged and had him take my picture sitting on it!
Thank you for this really good video! I really enjoyed it!
We have to love and respect our trees and forests! There is a tree here in St Augustine, Florida that's 600 years old called the old senator, when you stand in the Old Fort there and think about the history that tree has seen!❤❤
There are 2 kind of humans 1 that likes to see huge trees and nature and the other cuts it down because they can for toothpicks .
once upon a time we had Huge trees - what happened dad Oh they cut em down to measure them .
2 things in life have infinity the Universe & mans stupity both never end . . .
There's only one kind: the kind that lives in structures containing objects MADE OF WOOD.
Every child should watch this video in school... Save The Worlds Oldest Trees!!!
Here in Ireland in Limerick city there are 2 trees which are around 100' tall and were planted before Napoleon Bonaparte was born.
Years ago….in the 1950’s and 1960’s and 1970’s and 1980’s the United States and Canada lost a tremendous number of great Elm trees to Dutch Elm Disease. We had two of those trees on our property in St. Catharines, Canada. They were hundreds of years old…and HUGE. Sadly lost them both to Dutch Elm Disease.
I grew up in Massachusetts n I recall my mother showing us huge Elm trees n how they were dying due to Dutch elm disease.. I felt sad because the trees are just not only huge but very beautiful n during the hot summers they provide a ton of shade.. I loved all the trees that grew back there.. moved to California as a teenager… n learned a lot about the trees that grow here n I’ve traveled a lot so I got to see the redwoods in sequoia National forest but I now live by the coastal redwoods in Northern California .. all of it’s such a testimony to our wonderful Creator who made all things wanting humanity to have a gorgeous n fascinating home. ..
I heard recently that that disease is making a comeback. Not good.
All these great trees should be protected, especially from the evil, greedy palm oil companies that have caused havoc in rainforests.
The palm oil companies planted millions of acres of palm trees.
@@swisschalet1658and?
Don't forget the evil, greedy consumers. It's our fault, now that we know.
I live where the coastal redwoods, and Douglas Firs grow. I planted a Giant Sequoia in my yard. It’s the same age as our Granddaughter. And is thriving too.
Ravens Tower / Prairie Creek State Park is just up the road from my home. It's such a beautiful place with a rather diverse atmosphere
I love trees,they are regal ,wise and comforting.
It's nice to know there are still trees in the world, let's hope we keep them.
Are there no trees where you live ? ;)
A few years ago I went to the Redwood Forest in Ca. and was amazed at the beauty of these trees .
Thanks for saving these trees, God bless you and pristine forests, rebuild forests good documentary
How can ppl with a heart cut down these magnificent alive monuments?
they cut them down because trees make wood, which mankind has used for thousands of years.
Maybe they would be felled if they are in a dangerous state. Better to fell a dangerous tree and replace it with dozens of seedlings, these seedlings when growing will give pleasure to thousands of people over the next millennia if they are looked after.
How many times is he going to call a tree the biggest tree in the world? There can only be 1.
This was very interesting, in the late nineteenth century a Mountain Ash similar to Oak in colour and on the Janka scale of density was found by gold prospectors it had fallen across the Chum creek near the settlement of Healesville Victoria Australia it measured 402 feet or 122.53 metres (Eucalyptus Regnans) meaning to reign.
I just want everyone to know that pine trees do not produce flowers. That ability resides with the angiosperms but not for gymnosperms. Pines are gymnosperms.
In the back country of Northern Idaho, I found old red cedar stumps you could easily hold a square dance on. I was able to count rings on some that went back more than 450 years. All these cedars were cut down and split into fence posts and rails and sold in mid west. Most of the rest were poached by what they called the Cedar Savages and mostly split into shakes and shingles. There can still be some small remaining groves found around Clarkia, Idaho and in northwestern Montana south of Troy. Nothing like some of the big old stumps I have found. The largest in this State is said to be approximately 18 ft DBH.
Same here Jayleeper, here in Florida, our forests were raped of our old growth cypress in 1800's & early 1900's to satisfy rich Northerners (Yankees) craving for wood.
@@berthaday3473 I read Marjorie Kinnan’s ( sp?)book written on the Everglades back in the 1940’s. The history of Florida is a history of environmental rape and destruction that continues today. There have been some tragic losses and downright stupid engineering projects that have destroyed much of what Florida was. An environmental tragedy. A sad legacy of destruction then and that was back in the 1940s. It has only accelerated since then.
Most of the northern states have forests of their own. Michigan was stripped back in the old days, too. Luckily, the northern part of the state and the UP has grown back nicely.
@@Lisa-lq8xz As a matter of fact, my Great Grandfather moved out here in 1902 after the North woods in Michigan were destroyed because this area reminded them of the great white pine forests there before they were all logged. Then, of course they started stripping the giant white pines off the land here. All that beautiful old lumber was made into kitchen matches. Then the Great Fire of 1910 got started and destroyed much of it. It is so cool when you find a tiny remaining sliver of what was.
@@berthaday3473 The saddest loss was in the early 1980s when Milken and the other corporate raiders took over vast holdings of California Redwoods and clear cut them to the dirt to pay off their junk bonds and grab as much money as fast as they could. Redwood was nearly the cheapest wood on the market for awhile and if you went a few miles out to sea, you could look back inland and see totally barren mountains as far as the eye could see. All of this timber was taken out to sea just beyond national boundary and milled into lumber on giant Japanese and Korean sawmill ships and then brought back into the country and sold as lumber. A massive PR campaign blamed all the out of work American sawmill workers on the Spotted Owl but it was the sawmill ships with essentially slave labor that took their jobs.
The tallest Redwood tree east of the Rockies is located in Bristol, Rhode Island at the Blithewold mansion and gardens. When I visited, many years ago, there was a lightning rod attached to the tree. The tree was planted in 1911 and is growing quite well.
You mean east of the Mississippi?
In BC Canada the Sitka Spruce and Douglas Fir grow up to 100 meters high and about 11 meters in circumference.
Aloha 🤙🏾 I was raised in a metropolitan area with loads of concrete. I now live in Hawaii. Once a stranger to trees, now I cherish their existence. Manny Mahalos for a small moment of zen watching this informative clip. We have some super hardwood trees in Hawaii. I will search for what the hardest wood is on the planet 🌎
That would be the ‘Quebranco Schinopsis’ from South America .. I had just been researching information about teakwood n came across the hardest woods in the world.. very interesting ..so much to learn.
Great video. Several trees that I hadn't even heard of. A couple points to take for similar, future videos. When comparing 2 trees--as you did at one point--"taller" is correct rather than "tallest". "Tallest" are the CA redwoods. 2nd, no tree is so tall that you can't see the top of it. Perhaps it's not possible if standing next to its base.
Did you know that young trees help our environment more than the old trees?
Assertion without citation. I have also heard the opposite. @@daphnekivinen9482
About oldest tree: you seem to have missed ”Old tjikko”, in the far north of Sweden - a staggering 9 565 years old.
Big Fan of Trees . Nothing but love and Respect 4 Trees . Please be nice to a tree or plant one because they r life
Yes we had an acacia about a hundred feet growing on the edge of a stone hedge and worrying us badly every time there was a gale, eventually it did blow down crashing into our workshop and 😢 eight feet from where I stood
You missed one important tree. The Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi (Ficus religiosa) in Sri Lanka, planted in 288 BC and is regarded as the oldest living human-planted tree in the world with a known planting date.
wow. So the tree was dated somewhere.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaya_Sri_Maha_Bodhi
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You don’t mention either the Karri Trees (Eucalyptus diversicolour) nor the King Jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) of south western Western Australia, both of which have examples over 90 meters.
There are 2 such Karri trees in Pemberton Western Australia pegged for climbing and with fire lookout cabins constructed in their crowns.
The Gloucester Tree & the Dave Evans Centennial Tree.
The largest Karris & Jarrahs are estimated circa 2000 years old.
They compete with most of the worlds claimed tallest and oldest trees, yet rarely if ever get a mention in videos or documentaries such as this for some strange reason. 🤷♂️🙄
lived in bridgetown for 20years there is sum big trees down there ;)
Jarrah wood is so beautiful
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And Huon pine that live to many 1000s of years
@@rosewood1 aye and super good for boat building, as in the whole boat not just for a posh deck if you know whet I mean
The largest known deciduous tree (one that loses its leaves every year) growing in the world is a Freemont cottonwood tree growing in Skull Valley, Arizona. It replaces the previous largest know tree, also a cottonwood and also growing in Arizona.
Thanks for a very interesting and informative video. I'd like to suggest that you should be consistent with the units of measurement - do please always show both in metric and in imperial units. I only do metric and that would be the case for more than 90% of viewers. Thanks again.
Can't believe that they some of these trees where discovered in the 2000's
The Ada tree in Victoria Australia was 146 mètres tall before a lightning hit it. It is still very tall.
By the way… Those centurion trees are also called eucalyptus. It’s just a taller version of eucalyptus trees.
This is very cool. There are some parks around my house that have gigantic Beech trees that are hundreds of years old, very humbling.
"The man who planted trees" Biography of a man who had an "after death" experience -- he said God sent him back to life to plant trees, and that's what he's been doing ever since.
He's also collecting seeds or cuttings from extraordinary trees, hoping to grow more / develop clones. "Champion" trees need to be protected as they may have *something* essential.
Bamboos are NOT trees no matter how tall or large they grow….they are in the family of POACEAE-which is a grass family.
If this is such a precious tree, why the hell are people climbing up in on ropes fixed somewhere to the trunk? People should be kept back from the trunk and also a good margin from the base where the roots will eventually suffer from soil compaction.
No mention of the Aspens? There is a single cloned aspen that covers over 100 acres, IIRC. They are massive root systems that spring up multiple trunks / trees.
Very good information, however jumping from US standard to metric just drove me nuts. Stick to one, so we don't have to have a conversion chart just to watch your vidio.
Trees are beautiful!
Imagine making a home inside a giant redwood. You hollow out just enough to make it cozy and livable while tending the tree throughout your life. Then when your kids inherit it, they need to build a lift or stairs to reach it because the tree has grown over the decades. They build new dwellings beneath it, creating a network of connected homes that grows along with them, creating a literal family tree.
yes, but don't be fooled by photo at 11:29, that's so fake is not even funny. They are big, but not like the photo, not even close.
Interesting topic and nice video. Noticed a couple of errors though. 2:53 should be meters instead at the top right. 7:16 arrows should be showing width instead of height.
Keep farmers away from trees. A farmer near me must hate them , as over the last decade he has bought up several smaller farms and removed around 20 for no apparent reason as they were in hedges or at the rivers edge.Anyway some consolation was the soil erosion afterwards!
The destructive greed of mankind is bigger than your imagination 😩
I have lived in every US western state. I have traveled and Hunted all. I’ve seen the Grand Canyon. I’ve hunted South Africa. I don’t care where you live on earth, you must see the giant Redwoods. It’s the most serial experience ever. It blew my mind at 5 years old to 50’s.
It is worth mentioning the Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve in Guerneville, California, where the tall coastal redwoods are. Most notably, Colonel Armstrong tree. The giants Seqouias in Big Trees State Park. BIG TREES state park lives up to its name.
You need to learn the difference between "diameter" and "circumference." You've used these terms incorrectly a couple times.
I don't think he did. I checked some of the measurements on the actual trees and they were accurate. His mistake however was to show the wrong photos!!!!!
The Pacific Northwest and all down thru southern Calif had some of the biggest trees. The West coast was a rain forest until it got chopped down. The Redwoods were so plentiful that it was considered a junk wood. Now they are almost no where to be seen . The Biggest big cone Doug fir tree is located in Mt Baldy in Southern Calif.
southern West Australia - has the Tingle trees - valley of the giants 90m -300ft awesome experience .
Amazing.
Thank you for sharing.
I find it unrerving for your dialogue mix up diametres and circumference.. at one point mm are used.. please get your description more profesional
You must add the biggest and oldest Teak Tree, which is found in the State of Kerala, India. Due to it's value ( worth millions ), 24×7×364 days security is there to keep it safe from robbers.❤
So, one day per year its unsafe??
There a young redwood tree at a garden centre not far from Wolverhampton uk it’s very big for its age and was fantastic to see and touch.
I spent a few years hiking the West coast of California and was able to camp out, meditate, practice Yoga, Tai Chi and just be my True Self under some of these trees you speak of. They can't be measured in feet or meters. They certainly don't need to be gawked at. They have a need and a right to some privacy. If you are respectful of that, they have an immense amount of knowledge that they are willing to share. Many of them wait for years and years for the right person to come along, so they can dispense knowledge. They have their own language, but they communicate with us Humans primarily by Feeling. Through that Feeling, you can begin to understand their words, and they are to my knowledge the most intelligent, kind, patient and forgiving beings on the planet.
The weirdest thing I ever experienced was walking through a forest of old growth and being convulsed by some strange anxiety. I later learned that that parcel of land had been bought by one of the major timber companies.
2:50 So how can tree that measures 327 feet tall also be 99.7 feet tall?
Metric feet😅
Yea, that caught my attention too. They messed up when converting. 327 feet = 99.7 meters. After that screw up I thought to myself what else is wrong with their reporting.
You made an error. The World's largest Sitka Spruce is NOT in California. It is in the Quinault Rainforest, in Olymipic National Forest, just outside of Olymipic National Park, in Washington State, U.S.A. The area is also known for a few other world's largest trees, but all those require backpacking. If you plan to visit, remember that this is a rainforest and the only one in the continental U.S.A. Even during the dry summer months, thick fog from the Pacific Ocean can make you feel wet 😊. The area is also at least 3 hours drive from the nearest International airport in Seattle, Washington or Portland, Oregon.
Correct! The funny thing is that the pictures they are using to describe it in the video are from the Quinault tree.
Been there!!!
I’m from Santa Cruz and have always been told much of the mountains and surrounding areas are considered rainforest and I’m pretty sure that’s the case for the coastline up to Washington… so I don’t think Washington is the only place in the continental US that has a rainforest
Raven’s tower is the tallest Sitka Spruce at 317ft. The one u mention is the largest by volume
Big fan of the Olympic Peninsula. The Hoh Rainforest is awesome!
Thank you. Great video x
I always wonder why humankind is blinded by greed and not realize that when we destroy nature, we are digging our own graveyard.
In order to reach the stars, we need to better up our home that has everything we need.
It's sad to see than in many of these poor countries they prefer to cut these giants for the money that they can get from the wood than to save them and be proud that they have some of the tallest and oldest trees in the world in their own countries. Those are national treasures, but they don't care at all.
Maybe they need the money to feed their children, did you ever think of that?
The forests are not being decimated, they are being managed. Did you know there are more trees today than ever before? Amazing how different words produce different pictures.
Old growth forests are being decimated by humans.
You are talking about the new growth forests planted by the lumber industry to chop down again in a decade or so because they are all fast growing species and not the trees that we are talking about.
not in the Amazon mate
Ya Winston, & u probably killed a tree to use ur ✏️ pencil to write out ur dumb statement before typing it....
Amo y admiro los ahuehuetes en Chapultepec los "viejos del agua" fantásticos árboles enormes y centenarios, quedarían perfectos con esta colección
Was working out in the woods and came across a stand of old growth(mostly Douglass and white fir w/ some ponderosa pine). It was like being on a different planet. The trees were very wide at the bottom(similar to redwoods but not quite as tall) . Some had died and broken in half and fallen over, so you had giant jagged stumps some over 100' tall. It was just a small area that for some reason had never been logged. Weird to see a place that had no sign of being touched by humans other than a path.
This video is confusing with some jumbled facts, which makes me wonder if it was generated by AI. Hyperion, the coastal redwood in Redwood National Park on the North Coast of California, is the tallest known tree on the planet. But the General Sherman and General Grant trees in Sequoia National Park in the Southern Sierra Nevada, are the biggest known trees in the world, by mass. The coastal redwoods and the giant sequoias in California are related species of threes. The redwoods are the tallest trees on the planet, while the sequoias, not quite as tall as the redwoods, have massive girths.
Would somebody PLEASE explain the difference between diameter and circumference to this ai bot
Missed one. Pando, the 47,000-tree clonal colony of male quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) in Utah is between 80,000 to ONE million years old making it the oldest living organism on the planet.