List of superlative trees

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List of superlative trees

The world's superlative trees can be ranked by any factor. Records have been kept for trees with superlative height, trunk diameter (girth), canopy coverage, airspace volume, wood volume, estimated mass, and age.

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The coniferous Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is the tallest tree species on Earth.

Tallest

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The heights of the tallest trees in the world have been the subject of considerable dispute and much exaggeration. Modern verified measurements with laser rangefinders or with tape drop measurements made by tree climbers (such as those carried out by canopy researchers), have shown that some older tree height measurement methods are often unreliable, sometimes producing exaggerations of 5% to 15% or more above the real height.[1] Historical claims of trees growing to 130 m (430 ft), and even 150 m (490 ft), are now largely disregarded as unreliable, and attributed to human error.

The following are the tallest reliably measured specimens from the top 10 species. This table shows only currently standing specimens:

More information Tree name, Species ...
List of tallest living trees by species
Tree name Species Height Country Location References and notes
Meters Feet
Hyperion Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) 116.07380.8[2] United States Redwood National Park, California [3][4] It reached 116.07 metres (380.8 ft) in 2019;[2] second and third tallest when Hyperion was found, were Helios 114.7 metres (376 ft) and Icarus 113.1 metres (371 ft) tall (in 2006).[2]
South Tibetan cypress (Cupressus austrotibetica) 102.3336 China Yarlung Zangbo National Nature Reserve, Tibet [5][6][7]
Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) 100.2329 United States Redwood National Park, California [8][9][10]
Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii) 99.5326.4 United States Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon [11]
Menara Yellow meranti (Shorea faguetiana) 97.58320.1 Malaysia Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah The original quoted figure of 100.8m was from the top leaves to the bottom of the buttresses on the low side of ground. The correct height of the tree is 97.58m – that is the average between the distance to the lowest part of bole and the distance to the highest part of bole[12][13]
Centurion Mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) 96315 Australia Arve Valley, Tasmania Tree had reached 100.5 m in 2018, but sadly had lost 4 meters of height by 2025 due to the 2019 fire damage and now ranks 6th as tallest living tree species.[14][15][16]
Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) 95.7314 United States Sequoia National Forest, California [17][18]
Bhutan Cypress (Cupressus cashmeriana) 94.6310 Bhutan Kazhi Gewog, Wangdue Phodrang District [19][better source needed]
Neeminah Loggerale Meena, or Mother and Daughter Southern blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) 90.7298 Australia Evercreech Forest Reserve, Tasmania The crown of this tree is dying back.[20][21]
Dinizia excelsa 88.5290 Brazil Near the boundary of Amapá and Pará [22][23]
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Tallest historically

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Despite the tall heights attained by trees in the present, records exist of much greater heights in the past, before widespread logging took place. Some, if not most, of these records are likely greatly exaggerated, but some have been reportedly measured with semi-reliable instruments such as tape lines, tape measures or chains, when cut down and measured on the ground by forestry officials, licensed surveyors or reputable lumbermen.[24] Some of the heights recorded in this way exceed the maximum possible height of a tree as calculated by theorists,[25] lending some limited credibility to speculation that some superlative trees are able to 'reverse' transpiration streams and absorb water through needles in foggy environments.

More information Tree name, Species ...
List of tallest historically known non-surviving or lost trees
Tree name Species Height Country Location References and notes
Meters Feet
G Klein Tree Mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) 147.218483.00 Australia At the Black Spur, Victoria Note: Fallen in 1865 and measured by Mr. Gustav Klein at 483 feet in length, and 10 feet diameter 16 feet above ground.[26][27]
Nooksack Giant Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) 141.732465.00 United States Alpenglow Farm, Washington Note: Cut down in 1897. Measured using a tape by lumbermen[28]
Ferguson Tree Mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) 132.588435.00 Australia Near the Watts River, Victoria Note: Fallen in 1872, and measured on the ground by a Government Forester with a tape line. Reportedly missing part of the top[29][30][31][32]
Eel River Giant Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) 130.15427.0 United States Englewood, Redcrest California Note: Cut down on Feb 14, 1893, and measured on the ground by lumbermen[33][34][35]
Nehalem Giant Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) 129.54425.0 United States Nehalem River, near Jewell, Oregon Note: Cut down in February 1886 and reportedly measured on the ground by property owner at 405 feet in length from "butt to uppermost bough." Later vouched for in 1931 by a local witness who recalled it measured 425 feet from "roots to uppermost bough." It retained a 14 feet diameter over 100 ft high.[36][37]
Lynn Valley Tree Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) 126.5415 Canada Lynn Valley, British Columbia Note: Cut down in 1902 and measured on the ground by property owner.[38]
Yarragon Tree Mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) 124.968410.00 Australia South Yarragon Ranges, Victoria Note: Felled c. 1889 and measured on the ground by a settler of the district at 410 feet in length. Reportedly part of tree was burnt off.[39][40]
Mineral Tree Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) 119.786393.00 United States Mineral, Washington Note: Progressively lost height until falling in a storm in 1930. Standing portion and fallen top measured by lumbermen, a civil engineer, and at least one Govt. Forester between years 1905 and 1930. One of the oldest Douglas fir on record at 1,020 years in age[41][28][42][43]
Eureka Tree Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) 115.824380.00 United States Eureka, California Note: Standing height surveyed, and tree then cut down in 1914 and measured by lumbermen.[44][45]
Nisqually Tree Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) 115.824380.00 United States Ashford, Washington Note: Measured as a fallen tree near the Nisqually river by a US Forest Service Ranger and his crew in the year 1900 with steel tape. A small portion of the tree's top was missing.[46][41][24]
Thorpdale Tree Mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) 114.3375 Australia Thorpdale, Victoria Note: Standing height measured at 112.8 metres (370 feet) by theodolite in 1880 by a surveyor. The tree was later felled in 1881, remeasured on the ground by chain at 114.3 metres (375 feet) in length by same surveyor.[47][48][49]
Klinki (Araucaria hunsteinii) 89.0292.0 Papua New Guinea Note: all the references to this species are historical accounts – there is no currently known living klinki of this height.[50][51][52]
White Knight Manna gum (Eucalyptus viminalis) 88.9292 Australia Fingal, Tasmania This tree has died, the likely cause being more frequent heatwaves and reduced rainfall.[53][54][55]
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Stoutest

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Árbol del Tule

The girth of a tree is usually much easier to measure than the height, as it is a simple matter of stretching a tape round the trunk, and pulling it taut to find the circumference. Despite this, UK tree author Alan Mitchell made the following comment about measurements of yew trees:

The aberrations of past measurements of yews are beyond belief. For example, the tree at Tisbury has a well-defined, clean, if irregular bole at least 1.5 m long. It has been found to have a girth that dilated and shrunk in the following way: 11.28 m (1834 Loudon), 9.3 m (1892 Lowe), 10.67 m (1903 Elwes and Henry), 9.0 m (1924 E. Swanton), 9.45 m (1959 Mitchell) ... Earlier measurements have therefore been omitted.

Alan Mitchell; in a handbook "Conifers in the British Isles".[56]
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Trunk of Te Matua Ngahere

As a general standard, tree girth is taken at "breast height". This is converted to and cited as dbh (diameter at breast height) in tree and forestry literature.[57][58] Breast height is defined differently in different situations, with most forestry measurements taking girth at 1.3 m above ground,[58] while those who measure ornamental trees usually measure at 1.5 m above ground;[57] in most cases this makes little difference to the measured girth. On sloping ground, the "above ground" reference point is usually taken as the highest point on the ground touching the trunk,[57][58] but in North America a point is usually used which is the average of the highest point and the lowest point the tree trunk appears to contact the soil.[59] Some of the inflated old measurements may have been taken at ground level. Some past exaggerated measurements also result from measuring the complete next-to-bark measurement, pushing the tape in and out over every crevice and buttress.[56] The measurements could also be influenced by deviation of the tape measure from a horizontal plane (which might seem called for if the trunk does not grow straight up), and the presence of features such as branches, spikes, etc.

Modern trends are to cite the tree's diameter rather than the circumference. The diameter of the tree is calculated by finding the mean diameter of the trunk, in most cases obtained by dividing the measured circumference by π; this assumes the trunk is mostly circular in cross-section (an oval or irregular cross-section would result in a mean diameter slightly greater than the assumed circle). Accurately measuring circumference or diameter is difficult in species with the large buttresses that are characteristic of many species of rainforest trees. Simple measurement of circumference of such trees can be misleading when the circumference includes much empty space between buttresses. See also Tree girth measurement

Baobabs (genus Adansonia) store large amounts of water in the very soft wood in their trunks. This leads to marked variation in their girth over the year (though not more than about 2.5%[60]), reaching maximum at the end of the rainy season, and minimum at the end of the dry season.

More information Species, Diameter ...
List of stoutest living single-trunk trees by species
Species Diameter Tree name Location Notes and References
Meters Feet
Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) 11.6238.1 Árbol del Tule Santa Maria del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico This diameter includes buttressing. A more accurate mean diameter for this tree is 9.38 m (30.8 ft).[61]
Baobab (Adansonia digitata): 10.6434.9 Sunland Baobab Sunland Farm, Limpopo, South Africa Renowned because a bar and wine cellar operated inside its hollow trunk,[62] until it split in 2017.
White or Strangler Fig (Ficus virens): 9.7732.1 The Temple Fig Murwillimbah, NSW, Australia [63][64]
Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla): 9.2330.3 The Bellingen Fig Bellingen, NSW, Australia [65][64]
Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) 8.9029.2 Jupiter Redwood National Park, California, United States [66][67]
Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) 8.8529.0 General Grant General Grant Grove, California, United States [68] A hollow, nameless Giant Sequoia along the Paradise Trail of the Atwell Mills Grove in Sequoia National Park, has a basal diameter (not girth) of 57 feet (17 meters).[69]
Za (Adansonia za) 8.8529.0 The Ampanihy Baobab North of Morombe, southwest Madagascar [70]
Chinese camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora) 8.2327.0 Kamō no Ōkusu Kamō, Kagoshima, Japan [71][72]
Eucalyptus jacksonii 7.9626.1 Hollow trunk Walpole, West Australia, Australia [73][74]
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Measurements become ambiguous when multiple trunks (whether from an individual tree or multiple trees) grow together. The Sacred Fig grows adventitious roots from its branches, which become new trunks when the root reaches the ground and thickens; a single sacred fig tree can have hundreds of such trunks.[75] The multi-stemmed Hundred Horse Chestnut was known to have a circumference of 57.9 m (190 ft) when it was measured in 1780.

There are known more than 50 species of trees exceeding the diameter of 4.45 m or circumference of 14 m.[citation needed]

Largest

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The General Sherman Tree, a California giant sequoia, is the largest tree by volume

The largest trees are defined as having the highest wood volume in a single stem. These trees are both tall and large in diameter and, in particular, hold a large diameter high up the trunk. Measurement is very complex, particularly if branch volume is to be included as well as the trunk volume, so measurements have only been made for a small number of trees, and generally only for the trunk. Few attempts have ever been made to include root or leaf volume.

All 12 of the world's largest trees are giant sequoias. Grogan's Fault, the largest living Coast redwood, would rank as the 13th largest living tree. Tāne Mahuta, the largest living tree outside of California, would rank within the top 100 largest living trees.

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List of largest living trees by species, ranked by trunk volume
Species Trunk volume Tree name Location Country References and notes
Cubic Meters Cubic Feet
Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) 1,48752,500 General Sherman Tree Sequoia National Park United States [76]
Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) 1,084.538,300 Grogan's Fault Redwood National Park United States [77]
Kauri (Agathis australis) 51618,200 Tāne Mahuta Waipoua Forest New Zealand The 516 cubic meter figure includes 255m³ for the main trunk and 261m³ for branches[78]
Western red cedar (Thuja plicata) 44915,900 Cheewhat Giant Pacific Rim National Park Reserve Canada [79][80]:34
Eucalyptus regnans 39014,000 Two Towers Tasmania Australia The 390m³ figure includes 358m³ for trunks and 32m³ for branches.[citation needed]
Tasmanian blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) 36813,000 Rullah Longatyle Tasmania Australia [54] Rullah Longatyle was killed during Tasmanian bushfires in February 2019.[81]
Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) 34912,300 Red Creek Fir San Juan Valley Canada [82]
Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) 33711,900 Queets Spruce Olympic National Park United States [80]:58
Eucalyptus obliqua 33711,900 Gothmog Styx Valley Australia The 337m³ figure includes 296m³ for trunks and 41m³ for branches.[54]
Eucalyptus delegatensis 28610,100 Styx Valley Australia This tree was destroyed in the 2019 bushfires.[54]
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Broadest

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The trees with the broadest crowns have the widest spread of limbs from a single trunk.

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List of trees with the broadest crowns, by species
Species Diameter Tree name Location Notes and References
Meters Feet
Banyan (Ficus benghalensis) 180591 Thimmamma Marrimanu Anantapur, Kadiri, Andhra Pradesh, India [83][84][85] This crown is not from a single trunk. It has hundreds of trunks.
Coolibah (Eucalyptus microtheca. synonym Eucalyptus coolibah) 72.8239 Monkira Monster Neuragully Waterhole, southwestern Queensland, Australia [86][87] Groom's measurement may represent the tree at its prime. It was remeasured in 2008 and found to be "more than 200 meters" (more than 656 feet) in circumference; equivalent to an average limb spread of more than 209 feet (more than 64 meters). The trunk is about ten feet thick (ten meters girth).[88]
Oriental plane (Platanus orientalis) 64.0210 Oriental Plane Tree at Corsham Court Wiltshire, England. [89]
Raintree or monkeypod tree (Samanea saman) 63.1207 Saman de Guere San Mateo, Aragua State, Venezuela. Living, but "vetusto" (superannuated, or decrepit). [90] The widest Monkeypod Tree at present is "Chamchuri" on a military post near Kanchanburi, Thailand, which is 198 ft 1 in (60.38 m) in spread while only 57 ft 8 in (17.58 m) in height.[91] Broadest cantilevered crown (no limbs resting on the ground).
Silk-cotton tree (Ceiba pentandra) 61.3201 The Big Tree Barro Colorado Island, Panama [92]
European yew (Taxus baccata) 55.5182 Shugborough Yew Shugborough Hall, Staffordshire, England [93][94] Broadest gymnosperm.
Sand post oak (Quercus stellata margarettae) 55.2181 Gilchrist County, Florida [95]
Turkey oak (Quercus cerris) 53.9177 Devon, England. [89]
Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla) 53.6176 Moreton Bay Fig Tree Chapala Street in Santa Barbara, California. [96]
Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea) 53.6176 Middlesboro, Kentucky [97]
Coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) 53.6176 The Pechanga Great Oak Pechanga Native American Reservation east of Temecula, California. [98][99] Also 29 m (95 ft) tall.
Montezuma cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) 53.3175 El Gigante Santa Maria del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico [100] Broadest cantilevered Gymnosperm.
Blackbutt (Eucalyptus pilularis) 51.8170 Benaroon John's River in Middle Brother National Park, New South Wales, Australia. [101]
Live oak (Quercus virginiana) 51.8170 The E. O. Hunt Oak Long Beach, Mississippi [102]
American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) 51.5169 The Lansdowne Sycamore Lansdowne, Pennsylvania [103]
African Baobab (Adansonia digitata) 51.2168 The Glencoe Tree Huidespruit, Limpopo Province, South Africa. Now severely damaged[104]
Batai (Albizzia falcata) 50.9167 Hawai'i [105][106]
Green Fig (Ficus virens) Over fifty meters over 165 feet. (no individual name) Boar's Pocket, northern Queensland crown shades "over 2,000 sq. meters"[107]
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Oldest

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Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) is the longest living tree species on Earth.

The oldest trees are determined by growth rings, which can be seen if the tree is cut down, or in cores taken from the bark to the center of the tree. Accurate determination is only possible for trees that produce growth rings, generally those in seasonal climates. Trees in uniform non-seasonal tropical climates grow continuously and do not have distinct growth rings. It is also only possible for trees that are solid to the center. Many very old trees become hollow as the dead heartwood decays. For some of these species, age estimates have been made on the basis of extrapolating current growth rates, but the results are usually largely speculation. White (1998)[108] proposes a method of estimating the age of large and veteran trees in the United Kingdom through the correlation of a tree's age with its diameter and growth character.

The verified oldest measured ages are:

More information Species, Age (years) ...
List of oldest non-clonal trees by species
Species Age (years) Tree name Location Notes and References
Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva) 4,856 Methuselah Inyo County, California, United States [109]
Alerce (Fitzroya cupressoides) 3,654 Gran Abuelo Cordillera Pelada, Chile [110]
Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) 3,266 Sierra Nevada, California, USA Dead[109]
Western juniper (Juniperus occidentalis) 2,675 Sierra Nevada, California, USA Dead[109]
Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) 2,650 North Carolina, USA [109][111]
Rocky Mountain Bristlecone Pine (Pinus aristata) 2,467 central Colorado, USA [109][112]
African Baobab (Adansonia digitata) 2,419 Matabeleland, Zimbabwe [113]
Sacred fig (Ficus religiosa) 2,302 Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka [109]
Przewalski's juniper (Juniperus przewalskii) 2,230 Delingha, Qinghai Province, China [109]
Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) 2,200 northern California, USA Dead[109]
Saharan Cypress (Cupressus dupreziana) 2,200 Wadi Tichouinet, southern Algeria. [114]
Foxtail pine (Pinus balfouriana) 2,110 Sierra Nevada, California, USA [109]
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Other species suspected of reaching exceptional age include European Yew (Taxus baccata) (probably over 5,000 years[115][116]), Sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) (3,000 years or more[117]), and Western Redcedar (Thuja plicata). The oldest known European Yew may be the Llangernyw Yew in the Churchyard of Llangernyw village in North Wales, or the Fortingall Yew in Perthshire, Scotland. The Llangernyw Yew has been estimated as between 4000 and 5000 years in age by David Bellamy,[118] who also used radiocarbon dating to estimate an age of around 4000 years for the Tisbury Yew in Wiltshire,[119] while the Fortingall Yew with its former 16 to 17-meter girth is estimated at 5,000 years of age.[120][121] However, ageing yews is very difficult due to the loss of heartwood in very ancient trees, and one or two sources believe the trees to be far younger at around 1500–3000 years.

Lagarostrobos franklinii, known as Huon pine, is native to the wet southwestern corner of Tasmania, Australia. A stand of trees in excess of 10,500 years old was found in 1955 in western Tasmania on Mount Read.[122] Each of the trees in this stand is a genetically identical male that has reproduced vegetatively. Although no single tree in this stand is of that age, the stand itself as a single organism has existed that long.[123] Individual trees in the clonal patch have been listed as having ages of 2000[124][125] or even to 3000 years old.[126][127]

The olive tree also can live for centuries. Previously the oldest age verified by carbon dating was 900 years for a tree in the Gethsemane garden in Jerusalem.[128] In 2024 research was published showing that one of the trees in the Sisters Olive Trees of Noah to be 1,162 years old, plus or minus 131 years, by carbon dating.[129] Previously they had been reputed to be around 6,000 years old.[130]

Deepest and longest tree roots

A wild fig tree growing in Echo Caves near Ohrigstad, South Africa has roots going 120 m (400 ft) deep, giving it the deepest roots known of any tree.[131] El Drago Milenario, a tree of species Dracaena draco on Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain, is reported to have 200-meter-long (660 ft) superficial roots.[132]

Thickest tree limbs

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This list is limited to horizontal or nearly horizontal limbs, in which the governing growth factor is phototropism. Vertical or near vertical limbs, in which the governing growth factor is negative geotropism, are called "reiterations" and are really divisions of the trunk, which by definition must be less than the trunk as a whole and therefore less remarkable. The thickest trunks have already been dealt with under "stoutest".[clarification needed]

More information Species, Diameter ...
List of thickest tree limbs by species
Species Diameter Tree name Location Notes and References
Meters Feet
Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) 3.812.6 The Big Limb Tree Atwell Mill Grove, Sequoia National Park, California [133]
Za (Adansonia za) 2.79 The Ampanihy Baobab north of Morombe, Madagascar [70] Thickest limb on a dicot
African baobab (Adansonia digitata) 2.48 The Big Tree Messina Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa [134][135]
Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) 2.17 Kronos Atlas Grove, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park [136]
Kauri (Agathis australis) 2.17 Nga Mahangahua Tutamoe State Forest, North Island, New Zealand [137]
White oak (Quercus alba) 1.86 The Wye Oak Wye Mills, Maryland Died June 6, 2002[138]
Kapok or Silk Cotton Tree (Ceiba pentandra) 1.86 General statement; no individual cited [139]
Canary Island Dragon Tree (Dracaena draco) 1.755.75 The Orotava Tree Orotava, Tenerife, Canary Islands Died October 1869;[140] thickest limb on a monocot
Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) 1.75.5 or more The Children's Fig Sydney Royal Botanical Gardens, Sydney, Australia [141][142]
Silver Fir (Abies alba) 1.75.5 Sabin Candelabre Jura Alps of France, near the Swiss border [143][144]
Rain Tree (Samanea saman) 1.54.9 Caribbean region – this one near Nagarote, Nicaragua [145] Measured by Dr. Berthold Seemann.
California Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) 1.54.9 Six kilometers (four miles) west of Gilroy, California [146]
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Thickest tree bark

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List of trees by thickest bark
Species Native range Greatest thickness or depth Comments
Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. The greatest thickness which has been reliably measured is 75 cm (2+12 ft) for one in Redwood Canyon, Kings Canyon National Park.[147] However it is asserted that the basal bark of the "General Sherman" Big Tree is in places up to 1.2 m (4 ft) in thickness.[148] This could be determined non-invasively with sonograph equipment.
Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) Coastal Northern and Central California and extreme southern Oregon. The "Mill Creek Giant" near the Mill Creek bridge in Redwood National Park, Crescent City, California has bark 46 cm (18 in) thick.[149] Coast Redwood bark is often deeply fissured, making it easy to measure most of the depth of the bark even on live trees.
Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) Northwestern North America. A tree felled in North Vancouver, British Columbia in 1902 had bark 34 cm (13+12 in) in thickness.[150]
Cork Oak (Quercus suber) circum-Mediterranean distribution. One Cork Oak at the chapel of São Gonçalo 16 km (10 mi) south of Lisbon, Portugal had cork measuring 20 cm (8 in) deep.[151] This is the thickest bark among Dicots.
Monkey Puzzle Tree (Araucaria araucana) The Patagonian Andes of Chile and Argentina. Bark up to seven inches (18 centimeters) in thickness.[152][153]
Parana Pine (Araucaria angustifolia) Mostly in southernmost Brazil. Bark can be over 15 cm (6 in) thick.[154]
Renala (Adansonia grandidieri) Madagascar. Bark is up to 15 cm (6 in) thick.[155] This is the species with the colossal columnar trunks.
Valley Oak (Quercus lobata) Central Valley of California southward to the San Gabriel Valley. This bark also up to 15 cm (6 in) in thickness.[156]
Plains Cottonwood (Populus deltoides ssp. monilifera) North American Plains. "Almost six inches (15 centimeters) thick"[157]
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