Arborist Fred Breglia President, New York Old Growth Forest Association with Tallest Tree in North America

by species — by state — by size — by height
Tallest Tree Coast Redwood Redwood National Park California Circumference = 312 inches (26 feet) Height = 369 feet Volume = ? cubic feet Estimated Age = 2,000+ years

This Coast Redwood is America's tallest tree, growing in Redwood National Park in northern California. Its massive trunk rises 59 feet before a branch appears. The gigantic specimen is a remanent of the tremendous ancient temperate rain forest that once grew there, a survivor of 200 years of intensive logging. By counting rings from felled trees of similar circumference, is believed to be over 2,000 years old.

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TERRA: The Earth Restoration and Reforestation Alliance — www.championtrees.org — updated 8/14/2003