here's the tall trees list.
tall trees man
mtaylor at redwood.northcoast.com
Tue Jan 31 14:10:50 EST 1995
Coast Redwoods over 340 feet tall(all heights rounded to nearest foot)
by Michael Taylor and Ron Hildebrant
RNP-Redwood National Park
HRSP-Humboldt Redwoods State Park
MSR-Montgomery State Reserve
JSSP- Jedediah Smith State Park
Name Location Height Dbh Comments
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National RNP 366' 13.8' Now the worlds tallest known
Geographic tree. Measured at 364.3 in 1963
Tree A.K.A. "3rd Tallest Tree"
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Harry RNP 364' 16.2' When first discovered, it was
Cole 367.4' tall, but has since lost
Tree over 3' due to heavy siltation.
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Federation HRSP 364' 15.0' Measured at 361' in 1967 by
Giant a UC Berkeley research team
and has since grown a little.
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Giant HRSP 363' 16.9' This tree was probably once
Tree over 400 feet tall.
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Alice HRSP 362' 11.0' Newly discovered by me and Ron
Rhodes Hildebrant. Has a very thin,
Tree whip-like top and is growing fast!
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Randy HRSP 361' 10.7' Incredibly tall for its thinness. Named
Stoltmann after Randy Stoltmann, a big tree hunter,
Tree who was recently killed in an avalanche.
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Chevron HRSP 361' 10.8' Located near Stoltmann and Rhodes
Tree trees. Uppermost branches form chevron
design, hence its name.
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Illusion HRSP 360' 13.7' Originally we thought this tree was 370+
Tree but then after much time and effort, we
revised height downward.
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Rockefeller HRSP 360' 13.3' Was 359.3' in 1957 and was at that
Tree time considered the worlds tallest tree
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Paradox HRSP 360' 12.4 Growing in the magnificent Lower Bull
Tree Creek Flats.
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Tall RNP 358' 14.0' Measured at 367.8' in 1963 but has lost
Tree almost 9 feet due to die-back and siltation.
Height verified by 3 different groups with one group actually climbing the tree.Despite what the the National Park and literature
says, this tree is no longer the world's tallest.
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Montgomery MSR 357' 17.2' Growing in the remote and little known
Giant Montgomery State Reserve. This place is
must see. There are other tall trees in this area which will be added to this list soon.
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Harriet E. HRSP 355' 13.3' Named after the late Harriet E. Weaver who
Weaver passed away in 1993. She was a writer,
Tree park ranger and teacher about the redwoods
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South HRSP 355' 12.7' Tens of thousands drive by this tree each
Fork Tree year unaware of its great height.
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Founders HRSP 354' 12.7 Was 364' in 1930's and considered world's
Tree tallest tree until lightning sheared its top and reduced its height down to 346. Has
since grown back considerably.
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Bushy HRSP 353'(?) 16.7' Located near the Chevron Tree. Extremely
Toe difficult tree to measure but we are sure it is
Tree over 350'. Has a large toe-like structure at its base.
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Emerald RNP 351' 15.0' Growing in a remote and hard to find area of
Springs redwood creek, but well worth the effort to
Tree to see. Was probably once over 360' tall.
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Creaking HRSP 349' 14.7' Creaks in a breeze. Was a bear for me to
Bear measure hence its name.
Tree
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Laura HRSP 347' 13.0 Was probably once taller. Located in the
Mahan Founders Grove.
Tree
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Bull HRSP 346' 18.3 Enormous tree near Bull Creek. Shows
Creek evidence of great age. Its trunk contains
Giant almost 30,000 cubic feet of wood!!!
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Hill-Davis RNP 346' 15.4' Was once 352.3' but has died back.
Tree Also known as the 6th Tallest Tree but now
only ranks as 23rd tallest.
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Stout JSSP 341' 16.8' Some literature claim this to be the largest
Tree coastal redwood or that its dbh is 21', but
our careful work refutes both claims. It only
ranks 9th on our big trees list.
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This is only a partial list. For a more complete list please e-mail your mailing address to me and I'll send you the full list. Michael
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