The Highest Tree

The Highest Tree - Giant Sequoia

   The tallest tree in the world was discovered in Redwood National Park, California, on September 8, 2006, is 115.55 meters high, thus beating the record height of 112.83 meters Statosphere found in the Giant Redwoods State Park Humboldt California.

    The Redwood National Park is covered with a magnificent redwood forest - trees are the tallest and most impressive in the world.

 

    The nearest town is the park's Crescent City. The park covers an area of ​​53,413hectares and was established on January 1, 1968.

 

   The largest tree and the tallest trees on the planet Earth are conifers and belong to the botanical family Taxodiácea and most of them located in the North American continent.

 

     These conifers have growing here long before humans walked the earth. They were at the height of the form 20 million years ago and already existed before the rise of the Swiss Alps and the Rocky Mountains.

 

     Is the plant and living being highest in the world, equivalent to a 30-story building, bigger than the Statue of Liberty (96 meters). The amazing thing is that the world's tallestredwood tree can have more than 4000 years of life and continues to grow.

 

   It was discovered by two hikers Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor, when faced with a newstand of trees never seen before. Anunciram its discovery by a team of scientists, led byHumboldt State University ecologist Steve Sillett climbed to the top of the Sequoia and conferred frightening height of 115.5 meters.

 

    Its exact location is kept secret, avoiding the probable flow of tourists around the tree,thus compressing the soil and would put her at risk of life.

 The place for years, served as the extraction area for timber companies and also does not comply with the conditions that until now had been thought of as reputable to housethe species of giant trees.