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Tallest Trees in the World
Everyone has heard of those trees that are gigantic, but now you get to find out which ones are the tallest.
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Hyperion Coast Redwood
Sequoia or California Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) was discovered in Humboldt Redwoods State Park, a remote California forest and is the World's Tallest Tree. It might also be one of the world's oldest, given that redwoods live for up to 2,200 years - that's older than our modern calculation of time.
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Stratosphere Giant
This Coast Redwood is in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. Coast Redwoods are native to a narrow strip of land only 750 km (470 miles) in length along the coast of California and southwestern Oregon. Sequoias belong to the subfamily of Sequoioideau in the cypress family of Cupressaceae and their conservation status is classified as vulnerable.
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Centurion Mountain Ash
This Mountain Ash, also called Victorian Ash, Swamp or Stringy Gum, or Tasmanian Oak belongs to the Eucalyptus species (Eucalyptus regnans) native to southeastern Australia and Tasmania.
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Doerner Fir
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) that can be found in Brummit Creek, Coos County, Oregon. This evergreen conifer is a native of the coastal stretch from west-central British Columbia to central California.
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Carmanah Giant Sitka Spruce
Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) is the third tallest conifer species in the world. It is a native of North America's west coast and can be found as far up north as Alaska's Kodiak Island
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Giant Sequoia
Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) The oldest known Giant Sequoia is 3,500 years old and the tallest one grows at Redwood Mountain Grove in California's King's Canyon National Park.
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