Lynn Valley Tree

The Lynn Valley Tree was the tallest known Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii), at a measured height of 126.5 meters (415 ft).[1] It was cut down in 1902.[2] The tree grew in Lynn Valley, now part of metropolitan Vancouver, B.C. Since that time, in the lower valley where the tree grew, the entire old-growth forest has been logged.[3]

It was one of the tallest trees ever recorded, perhaps exceeded only by a small number of Australian mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans).[4] A Coast Douglas-fir in Washington State, the Nooksack Giant, may have been 50 feet (15 m) taller,[2] but the measurement of the Lynn Valley Tree's height is considered by some more reliable.

See also

References
  1. Carder 2005, p. 14.
  2. "Giant logged long ago but not forgotten", The Seattle Times, September 4, 2011
  3. Van Pelt 2001, p. 128.
  4. Carder 2005, p. 136 (chart 1: world's ten tallest trees ever measured).

Sources
  • Van Pelt, Robert (2001), Forest giants of the Pacific Coast, Vancouver, San Francisco, Seattle: Global Forest Society in association with University of Washington Press, OCLC 45300299
  • Carder, Al (2005). "Remarkable trees of British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest". Giant Trees of Western America and the World. Madeira Park, British Columbia: Harbour Publishing. ISBN 978-1-55017-363-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.