Lynn Valley Tree

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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.

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References[]

  1. ^ Carder 2005, p. 14.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "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.
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