This is a list of the 10 largest trees in the world. The exact location of the 10 tallest trees are kept secret, so the pictures of these trees almost never find. Trees are not protected by 24 hour, 7 days a week, and Because of only secretive information to tourists does not damage the infrastructure and does not interfere with the trees to grow further.
10. Mendocino Tree – 112.20 m, the U.S.
Type: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Montgomery Woods, California , USA
Diameter: 4.19 m
In the period from December 1996 to August 2000 it was the tallest tree in the world, it was found in Montgomery Woods and Wood called Mendocino. Wood is one of dozens of similar tall trees in the grove, and has never been specifically announced the largest for protection.
9. Paradox – 112.56 m, the U.S.
Type: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Humboldt, Rockefeller Forest, California, USA
Diameter: 3.90 m
8. Rockefeller – 112.60 m, the U.S
Type: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Humboldt, California, USA
Diameter: the diameter of the exact unknown
7. Lauralin 112.62-m
Type: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Humboldt, South Fork Eel River, California, USA
Diameter: 4.54 m
6. Orion – 112.63 m
Type: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwoods, California, USA
Diameter: 4.33 m
5. The National Geographic Society – 112.71 m
Type: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwood Creek, California, USA
Diameter: 4.39 m
The fifth tallest tree in the world is located in Redwood Creek. In 1994, after it was found, was the tallest tree in the world until 1995.
4. Stratosphere Giant – 113.11 m
Type: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Humboldt, Rockefeller Forest, California, USA
Diameter: 5.18 m
Stratosphere Giant was once the tallest tree in the world. It was opened in July 2000 in Humboldt National Park, at the first measurement in 2000, the height of the tree 112.34 meters and it continues to grow, the height of 113.11 m was recorded in 2010. The tree is surrounded by a large number of trees of almost equal size. To avoid damage from tourism, the exact location of the tree was not disclosed to the public.
3. Icarus – 113.14 m
Type: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwoods, Redwood Creek inflow, California, USA
Diameter: 3.78 m
There are 1 July 2006.
2. Helios – 114.58 m
Type: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwoods, Redwood Creek inflow, California, USA
Diameter: 4.96 m
Helios is the highest tree in the world on June 1, 2006 to August 25, 2006. The tree has lost his title after rangers found the Hyperion on the other side of Redwood Creek tributary.
Photograph by Richard Preston and his daughter ascent with the tree in the park Humboldt.
1. Hyperion – 115.61 m
Type: Sequoia sempervirens
Location: Redwoods, Redwood Creek inflow, California, USA
Diameter: 4.84 m
Hyperion was discovered on August 25, 2006 by naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor. The tree was measured, his height was 115.55 meters. The tree was found in a remote area of the National and State Parks Redwood acquired in 1978. The exact location of the tree was not open to the public, because of the fear that the tourist traffic can disrupt the ecosystem of the life of a tree. The area tree is estimated at 502 square meters, and its approximate age of 700 – 800 years.
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