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  2. Hyperion (tree) - Wikipedia

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    Hyperion is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in California that is the world's tallest known living tree, measured at 116.07 metres (380.8 ft) tall in 2019. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Hyperion was discovered on August 25, 2006, by naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor . [ 4 ]

  3. List of tallest trees - Wikipedia

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    Western North America [1] [2] It reached 116.07 metres (380.8 ft) in 2019. [3] The second and sixth tallest trees, both redwoods, were also found at Redwood National Park in 2006 when Hyperion was found, and were named Helios 114.8 metres (377 ft), and Icarus 113.1 metres (371 ft) tall. [3]

  4. Michael Taylor (forester) - Wikipedia

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    Michael W. Taylor (born 25 April 1966) is an American forester who is notable for being a leading discoverer of champion and tallest trees - most notably coast redwoods. In 2006, Taylor co-discovered the tallest known tree in the world, a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) now named "Hyperion". He also discovered "Helios" and "Icarus", the ...

  5. Hiking to the world's tallest tree? You face $5,000 ... - AOL

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    Thinking of hiking to the Hyperion tree in the Redwood National Park? Think again. Visiting the world's tallest tree leads to jail time or a $5K fine.

  6. Sequoia sempervirens - Wikipedia

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    A tree reportedly 114.3 m (375 ft) in length was felled in Sonoma County by the Murphy Brothers saw mill in the 1870s, [75] another claimed to be 115.8 m (380 ft) and 7.9 m (26 ft) in diameter was cut down near Eureka in 1914, [76] [77] and the Lindsay Creek Tree was documented to have a height of 120 m (390 ft) when it was uprooted and felled ...

  7. General Sherman (tree) - Wikipedia

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    While it is the largest tree known, the General Sherman tree is neither the tallest known living tree on Earth (that distinction belongs to Hyperion, a coast redwood), [8] nor is it the widest (both the largest cypress and largest baobab have a greater diameter), nor is it the oldest known living tree on Earth (that distinction belongs to Prometheus, a Great Basin bristlecone pine). [9]

  8. Lindsay Creek Tree - Wikipedia

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    Although the tree was not as large as it was fabled to be, it would still likely rank within the top 5 largest coast redwoods alive today. [ 4 ] Its dimensions were measured by lumberman Henry A. Poland to be 325 ft (99.06 m) tall with a diameter of 19 ft (5.79 m) at its base, 14 ft (4.27 m) at a height of 125 ft (38.10 m), and 9 ft (2.74 m) at ...

  9. El Palo Alto - Wikipedia

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    El Palo Alto is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), a giant and long-lived tree species only found near the North American Pacific coast. [3] The redwood has been California's official state tree since 1937. [4] The world's tallest trees are coast redwoods, with the record holder, Hyperion, reaching 380 ft (120 m).