Tallest Tree Is In The Sea
There has been some little talk recently about our large trees, but the tallest living thing in the world grows in the sea. The Antarctic Laminarian seaweed exceeds 1000 ft. in height. It can truly be argued that this seaweed does not have to support itself, as it floats in the water. On land the Douglas fir takes a lot of beating. In 1895 one was felled near Vancouver which was 417 feet in height. Its age was 1800 years. Eucalyptus trees have been felled in Australia that were 525 feet tall and so far as is known there have been no other claims for the tallest tree story. The tallest tree now alive is stated to be a redwood of California which is 374 feet high. Our own trees run to girth and must therefore be compared with other O.S. trees. A Giant Sequoia at the age of 4000 years had a giith of 99 feet and contained 50,000 feet of timber. New Zealand’s largest tree, a kauri, called Tematua Ngahere growing in the Waipoua Forest has a girth of. 53 feet and contains 78,000 feet of timber.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 16, Issue 16, 6 November 1950, Page 4
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195Tallest Tree Is In The Sea Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 16, Issue 16, 6 November 1950, Page 4
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