Tallest Hardwood Trees

Standing at 101 meters tall the newly found giant has been named centurion.
Tallest hardwood trees. Common north american hardwood list. If you re looking for a stunning tree that grows quickly and doesn t suffer from many pest problems your search is over. Ash genus fraxinus. With white dense wood the white ash is the most common daily wood of the hardwood trees.
Cottonwood genus populus. Well the boogerman has been surpassed. Hackberry genus celtis. Beech genus fagus.
Tallest hardwood tree in the world. The pine has had the reign as the tallest eastern tree since 1995. This eucalypt tree was only discovered in october 2008 by using a laser mounted on a plane that was measuring the terrain height forest height and forest biomass 5. The boogerman pine also in great smoky mountains national park at 188 9 feet was the number to beat.
Shorea is a genus of about 196 species of mainly rainforest trees in the family dipterocarpaceae the genus is named after sir john shore the governor general of the british east india company 1793 1798 the timber of trees of the genus is sold under the common names lauan luan lawaan meranti seraya balau bangkirai and philippine mahogany. A new champion hardwood tree has recently been discovered in tasmania australia. The tallest one named centurion is now around 100 m 328 ft tall and is the tallest living hardwood tree on earth. Elm genus ulmus.
Hickory genus carya. White ash though similar in appearance to the green ash this tree s leaves are noticeably lighter on the underside. The yellow poplar tree has very unique leaves with four lobes separated by rounded notches. And the tuliptree is still beloved for its beauty today serving as the state tree of kentucky indiana and tennessee.
Birch genus betula. The tape drop of the great tuliptree was 191 9 feet. The tree is a swamp gum eucalyptus regnans and was discovered by tasmanian forestry staff using an airbord lidar laser scanner. Yellow poplar or tulip poplar is the tallest hardwood tree in north america with one of the most perfect and straight trunks in the forest.
Black walnut butternut genus juglans. Basswood genus tilia.