Top 10 Largest Trees in the world and its Unique Features

Trees are an integral part of the ecosystem, the prominent natural resources on the Earth. Trees are the heart of our Earth(we humans call it our Home). It is the Only reason for LIVING THINGS exists in the world. Let’s see the biggest trees in the world. The world is full of different kinds of trees, where the world’s biggest tree are determined by their characteristics and the highest wood volume in a single stem. These trees are tall and massive in breadth and, specifically, hold an enormous diameter high up the trunk. Let’s see the Top 10 Largest Trees in the World and their features.

Biggest Trees in the world List

Name of the Tree	Years Old	Country
1. General Sherman	2,300 to 2,700	United States
2. Grogan’s Fault	1,200–2,200	United States
3. Tāne Mahuta	1,250 and 2,500	New Zealand
4. Quinault Lake Redcedar	N/A	United States
5. Cheewhat Giant	N/A	Canada
6. Rullah Longatyle	N/A	Australia
7. Two Towers	500	Australia
8. Red Creek Fir	1000	Canada
9. Queets Spruce	N/A	United States
10. Gothmog	N/A	Australia

General Sherman

#1 among the top 10 biggest trees in the world by volume, General Sherman Tree is a giant sequoia tree species. It bravely stands in the Sequoia National Park in the Giant Forest of California, United States. The age of the General Sherman Tree is evaluated to be around 2,300 to 2,700 years old. The General Sherman Tree was named by a naturalist, James Wolverton, after his former higher officer. This giant sequoia is the oldest trees having single-stem on Earth by its volume. 

• Location: Sequoia National Park, United States
• Trunk Volume: 52,500 Cubic Feet (1,487 cubic meters)
• Height: 83.8 m

Grogan’s Fault

It is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) tree located in the Redwood National Park, California, United States. Also known as coastal redwood and California redwood, Grogan’s Fault is the second tallest tree in the world by volume, and oldest trees by its age. It is estimated around 1,200–2,200 years. In 2014, Chris Atkins and Mario Vaden discovered this largest known living coast redwood tree.

• Location: Redwood National Park, United States
• Trunk Volume: 38,300 Cubic Feet (1,084.5 cubic meters)
• Height: 18.2 m

Tāne Mahuta

A giant kauri tree, Tāne Mahuta, is located in the Waipoua Forest of Northland Region, New Zealand. Also called God of the Forest, Tāne Mahuta is one of the biggest trees in the world. The tree’s age is estimated at around 1,250 and 2,500 years. The tree is the sub-tropical rain-forest of North Auckland. Tāne Mahuta is the renowned tree of New Zealand, discovered in the year 1924; also known largest living kauri tree on Earth.

• Location: Waipoua Forest, New Zealand
• Trunk Volume: 18,200 Cubic Feet (516 cubic meters)
• Height: 45.2 m

Quinault Lake Redcedar

The biggest tree in the world, Western Redcedar with a volume of 500 cubic meters. About 34 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean, the giant tree was present near the northwest banks of Quinault Lake, north of Aberdeen, Washington. With the volume, Quinault Lake Redcedar is also the largest tree in Washington and one of the oldest trees in the world.

• Location: Washington, United States
• Trunk Volume: 17,650 Cubic Feet (500 cubic meters)
• Height: 55 m

Cheewhat Giant

Located in Canada, Cheewhat Giant is among the oldest tree in the world by volume. Cheewhat Giant is a large western red cedar (Thuja plicata) tree discovered in 1988 and got its name from the nearby Cheewhat Lake. Found in Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Cheewhat Giant is the world’s largest living western redcedar and one of the oldest trees in the world by its volume.

• Location: Pacific Rim National Park Reserve, Canada
• Trunk Volume: 15,900 Cubic Feet (449 cubic meters)
• Height: 55.5 m

Rullah Longatyle

The world’s largest Eucalyptus globulus Labill tree species. Situated near Geeveston, Tasmania in Australia, Rullah Longatyle is an giaganticly flourished green tree about 368 cubic meters in volume. While considering the trunk volume, Rullah Longatyle is Australia’s 2nd biggest tree. 

• Location: Tasmania, Australia
• Trunk Volume: 13,000 Cubic Feet (368 cubic meters)
• Height: 90.7 m

Two Towers

One of the Oldest tree in the world, is native to Tasmania, Australia. Two Towers (Eucalyptus regnans) is a rare sample of mature regnans with two enormous principal trunks. It comprises 350 cubic meters of wood in its trunks and branches and is around 21m in circumference. The Two Tower tree’s is one of the oldest trees in the world by its age, estimated to be 500 years old. Eucalyptus regnans are medium-sized to a tall, straight-trunked tree and the tallest flowering plant on the Earth.

• Location: Tasmania, Australia
• Trunk Volume: 12,600 Cubic Feet (358 cubic meters)
• Height: 75 m

Red Creek Fir

The Red Creek Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is the largest Douglas fir tree on Earth, situated in the San Juan Valley of Vancouver Island in Canada. Considered by volume, Red Creek Fir is one of the top 10  biggest tree in the world. Seeded around somewhat 1000 CE, the tree thrived because of its location on the southern inclines of the San Juan Valley and not more than 0.5 km from the San Juan River. Red Creek Fir’s is one of the oldest trees in the world. Its age is estimated at around 1000 years old.

• Location: San Juan Valley, Canada
• Trunk Volume: 12,300 Cubic Feet (349 cubic meters)
• Height: 73.8 m

Queets Spruce

Queets Spruce (Sitka spruce), sits on the shores of the Queets River and at the deme of Sams River, is one of the most imposing conifer trees in the whole Olympic National Park. While considering height, trunk diameter, and crown spread, Sitka Spruce is the largest Spruce species, the 5th-largest conifer, and 3rd-tallest conifer species in the world. 

• Location: Olympic National Park, United States
• Trunk Volume: 11,900 Cubic Feet (337 cubic meters)
• Height: 75.6 m

Gothmog

Gothmog (Eucalyptus obliqua) is a tree species native to Styx Valley in south-eastern Australia. Eucalyptus obliqua is an incredibly rough stringy bark tree that grows to a height of 90 meters, and the trunk’s diameter is 3 meters. Gothmog at 337 cubic meters is one of the oldest tree in the world.

• Location: Styx Valley, Australia
• Trunk Volume: 11,900 Cubic Feet (337 cubic meters)
• Height: 90 m

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