Tasmania claims the tallest tree
11/10/08; http://www.missionandjustice.org/wp-admin/post-new.php?posted=16114; http://members.optusnet.com.au/mruhsam/
The world’s tallest hardwood tree has been discovered in Tasmania. The swamp gum (eucalyptus regnans), dubbed Centurion, stands about 100m-101m. “It is the only known standing hardwood tree in the world to be over 100m tall,” said Forestry Tasmania managing director Bob Gordon. It was the tallest known tree in Australia. It’s the world’s tallest eucalyptus tree, the tallest hardwood tree and the tallest flowering plant, he said. Centurion is 405cm in diameter and its height was measured using laser survey equipment. It was discovered in a state forest near the Tahune Airwalk tourist attraction, 80km southwest of Hobart. A second giant swamp gum named Triarius, standing 86.5m with a 390cm diameter, was found alongside Centurion.
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