Among the Fastest Growing Trees on Earth.

I took my folks camping to the Redwoods this week, they are in their 80's and are still able to hike to and see a good many record holding trees. Hyperion is the tallest tree on earth at 380' tall, but it is in an undisclosed location.


We stopped off at my old home on the southern Oregon coast, and here are some redwoods I planted 20 or 21 years ago. All 150 trees came in one medium sized UPS box, you could hold them all with two hands, and so here is what 20 or 21 years of growth looks like - the tallest now being about 50 feet tall.

What will they look like in 100 years...

Below is the Boyscout Tree - some of the really big ones are named for their founders, or by their founders. This one was found by a Boyscout leader. It is 238 feet tall and just over 23' in diameter. No one knows how old it is. Pictures really REALLY don't convey just how big these are.

Too bad the roots don't taste like Sassafras!

 

Very cool.

 

Buzz Benton, where are those trees? Is it some kind of state/federal park? I'd like to get out there and see those one day.

 

A couple of decades ago, I had the opportunity to visit the Muir woods, north of SanFran. Very impressed to see redwoods.

I haven't seen any Sequoias.....yet. They are in the same family as Redwoods, They grow thicker and not so tall.

Good on you for planting them 20yrs ago!

 

Pictures are impressive, but don't do justice.

 

That's just awesome.

 

Absolutely amazing! How cool to go back and see trees you planted years ago!

 

There are several federal parks on the West Coast. Visit any or all of them; they all will suffice. They really are hard to believe.

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Simply amazing trees. Thanks for posting Buzz.

Wonder how many splits one round would generate, not that id wanna cut it down?

 

It would be fascinating to see a stovewood sized round (16-20 inch thick 'cookie") laying there, just daring someone to attempt splitting...... And good luck noodling for all you noodlers.....

 

Eckie, as others have answered there are a good many places to see these, but specifically, these trees are in Jedediah Smith State Park, which is a partly state partly national park. Jedediah Smith was an early explorer of the west. Would people believe him? I doubt it.


These are in the farthest northwest corner of California right under our Oregon border.


Hey, I found a couple older pictures:



I found a picture dated March 26, 2004 so I guess these trees are only 19 1/2 years old. It feels almost meaningless to plant such small trees, but you know they are like a time capsule marking the passage of time.

Here is a picture of the three of us in 2012 - same exact trees.

 

It'd be interesting to see a round bucked from a log. As far as i know a 6' bar is the longest available today. Im sure loggers have/had longer versions.

 

Buzz Benton You planted those trees shortly after we were out there.

Sequoia park and also drove up to see the redwoods a little north of Eureka.

I had thought about buying a burl that was sprouting..........I wonder what it would look like now!

 

Be honest Brad. You're drooling all over yourself thinking about sinking your MS500i in one.

Thanks for the pictures Buzz Benton . Be something to see someday.

 

Honestly no im not. Maybe if one was on the ground yes. Id need more than a 500i for that
A ported 090 with a 10' bar (if either exists) maybe!

 

This is such a cool thread, Buzz! I’m shocked how fast those trees grow! By comparison - I measured the height of a small Douglas Fir out on our hill when we first moved into this house.

It was 9’4” tall in 2016. It looks exactly the same as when we first moved in. Today it’s 10’1” tall. Everything grows SO slowly here.

We have one Doug fir on our property that I’m guessing is around 120-130 feet tall (pictured). The trees don’t get nearly as tall here as they do further west. But, it towers over all the other trees on our land. One can only guess how old that thing is, since they only grow a few inches a year here.

 

I believe GB goes to 89" and cannon will make whatever your wallet can handle.
I have a 60" and that's a PITA!

 

Is that on your 880/881 Kieth? Ive seen pics of it IIRC.