At 379.1 Feet, CA Redwood Confirmed As Worlds Tallest Tree - Reuters

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SAN FRANCISCO - A redwood tree discovered in a remote California forest has turned out to be the world's tallest tree, edging out one nearby that had been the previous titleholder, a botanist said on Friday.

Humboldt State University Professor Steve Sillett told Reuters the record-setting tree, named Hyperion, is 379.1 feet (115.5 metres) tall, besting the previous record holder, the 370.5-foot(112.9 metre)-tall Stratosphere Giant.

Researchers exploring remote and rugged terrain this summer in the Redwood National and State Parks along California's northernmost coast also discovered two other redwoods taller than the Stratosphere Giant, suggesting there had been many more massive ancient redwoods in the area, Sillett said.

Some of those taller trees may have fallen to loggers, while the remaining ones were saved by a logging ban when the Redwood National Park was expanded in 1978, Sillett said.

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[CottonBear]

1. Awesome!

I have hiked the Lost Coast and visited the Mendocino County groves and the Redwood National Park.
The coast redwoods are the most awesome trees I've ever seen in my life.
:) Thanks for posting some good news!

edit: sp.

[demwing]

2. I'm also from the North-Left

but forced by providence to scratch out a meager existence in the desert of America's soul (that would be Utah).

I miss trees.

[XemaSab]

3. Steve Sillett is an ass

There, the truth is out! :D

[kestrel91316]

4. Wow, cool! That's a lot of board-feet! Let's cut it down and make some

money, guys!!!!!!!!!!!!

On edit: Seriously, I can't even begin to fathom a tree that tall. It boggles the mind.