The Top 10 Tallest Trees In The World + their images

Their roots are on earth and their head touches the sun; trees are in heaven and earth, so humans always respect them. Trees are the tallest living things in our world. So, people always inspire by trees. But how tall they can grow? what is the tallest tree in the world? If you are interested to know about the top 10 tallest trees in the world join us in this article.

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10. King Stringy (Eucalyptus obliqua)

 282 Feet (86 Meters)

Its habitat is Tasmania, Australia.

King Stringy is named because of its thick, stringy bark. It is also known as stringybark, messmate stringybark and Tasmanian oak.

Morphology:

• The bark of the trunk and larger branches: rough, stringy or fibrous.

• The bark of the thinnest branches: smooth and greyish.

• Adult leaves: lance-shaped to curved.

• Flower: buds are in seven or more groups. flowers are white.

• Fruits: cup-shaped or barrel-shaped

 

9. Alpine Ash In Florentine Valley (Eucalyptus delegatensis)

288 Feet (88 Meters)

Its habitat is the old-growth forests of Tasmania, Australia.

Alpine Ash in Florentine Valley is also known as white-top, alpine ash, and gum-topped stringybark.

Morphology:

• Its trunk: in the lower part it has straight with rough, fibrous to stringy bark but in the above part, it has smooth white bark.

• Adult leaves: they are lance-shaped to curved.

• Flower: their buds are collected in seven to fifteen groups and it has white flowers.

• Fruits: barrel or hemispherically shaped

 

8. Neeminah Loggorale Meena(Eucalyptus globulus)

298 Feet (91 Meters)

Its habitat is Tasmania, Australia and belongs to the eucalyptus family.

It is also known as southern blue gum or blue gum.

Morphology:

• Its bark is smooth.

• The juvenile leaves: are whitish and waxy on the lower surface.

• The adult leaves: glossy green and lance-shaped

• The flower buds: they are single or groups in leaf axils

• The flowers are white

• The fruit is woody.

 

7. White Knight (Eucalyptus Viminalis)

301 Feet (92 Meters)

Its habitat is the Everc reach Forest Reserve in Tasmania, Australia.

It is also known as manna gum, white gum or ribbon gum.

Morphology:

• Its bark is smooth but it is rough near the base.

• Adult leaves: lance-shaped to curved

• Flower buds: they are three or seven groups.

• Its flowers are white.

• Its fruits are cup-shaped or hemispherical.

6. Yellow Meranti In Borneo (Shorea faguetiana)

309 Feet (94 Meters)

Its habitat is Borneo, Malaya, Sumatera and Thailand.

It is the tallest flowering plant in the world. It is a commercial source of the timber ‘Yellow Meranti’ hence it is harvested from the wild. so, it is endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

5. Unnamed Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)

314 Feet (96 Meters)

Its habitat is the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountain range of California.

It is also known as giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, California big tree, Wellingtonia, big tree or John Muir.

Morphology:

• Its bark is fibrous and furrowed. Its thickness is about 90 cm at the base of the tree.

• Its trunk is columnar.

• There is tannic acid inside its sap that protects them from fire damage

• The leaves are arranged spirally on the shoots.

• The leaves are evergreen and awl-shaped.

 

4. Raven’s Tower (Picea sitchensis)

317 Feet (97 Meters)

Its habitat is southeast Alaska, the western coast of Canada and the US, especially California’s Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park.

Morphology:

• Its bark is thin and scaly.

• The cones are pendulous, slender cylindrical

• The leaves are stiff, sharp, and needle-like.

• The crown of young trees is broad conic and it is cylindric in older trees.

 

3. Doerner Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii)

327 Feet (100 Meters)

Its habitat is the east side of Coos County in Oregon. It is one of the tallest trees in the world that is not redwood. its name is in honour of Doerner, a Douglas County commissioner and longtime BLM employee. It is also known as the Brummitt Fir.

 

2. Centurion (Eucalyptus regnans)

327.5 Feet (100 Meters)

Its habitat is Arve Valley, Tasmania, Australia,

It is also known as mountain ash, swamp gum, or stringy gum.

Morphology:

• Its trunk is straight

• Its bark is smooth grey however it becomes a stocking of rough brown at the base

• The adult leaves are glossy green and lance-shaped to curved adult leaves

• flower buds are in groups of nine and fifteen

• its flowers are white

• its fruit is cup-shaped or conical.

1. Hyperion (Sequoia sempervirens)

380.1 Feet (116 Meters)

Its habitat is Redwood National Park, California. It is estimated that Hyperion is between 700 and 800 years old.

It is also known as coast redwood, coastal redwood, and California redwood.

 

Conclusion:

In this article, we got familiar with the top 10 tallest trees in the world including Hyperion, Centurion, Doerner Fir, Raven’s Tower, Unnamed Giant Sequoia, Yellow Meranti in Borneo, White Knight, Neeminah Loggorale Meena, Alpine Ash in Florentine Valley and King Stringy.

Which one of the above trees is your favourite tree? do you think why most of them are located in USA and Australia? Do you think if people know about the tallest trees, it will help to save them? Please share your idea and experience with our readers below.