A tree is a perennial plant, which consists of the roots that feed it, a solid trunk wrapped in bark and a crown (branches and leaves, different in shape and their properties). And those and other people learned to process and receive from them benefits for themselves.

But there are trees on which a person’s hand should never rise. These are the best of the best trees: the tallest, largest, heaviest and others.

Sequoias

The highest plants with a solid trunk can be safely attributed not one tree, but a whole family. Four specimens stand out in it. All of them belong to the same tree species - these are sequoias. These breeds are conifers and mainly grow in North America on the run of the ocean, since they need moisture in large quantities.

Structure

In appearance, the breed is similar to other conifers: branches grow horizontally, needles (leaflets of the shape of a needle) are evergreen, have cones, from which seeds fall out when dried, and begin the life of new trees. The rooting is not deep, but they are very powerful. After all, they have to keep upright and feed the trees, whose mass reaches 1000 tons. The bark is very thick, compared with other breeds, the thickness reaches 30 centimeters. Inside the tree is red, so it is used in the furniture industry. Although the sequoia does not have other necessary qualities from mahogany (beautiful texture of the tree, ductility to processing).

The length of the trees listed above is more than 110 meters and differs only by a few meters.Work on measuring their growth was carried out by scientists who, with the help of a laser, were able to determine the desired parameter only in 2006.

Tallest tree in the world

Until this moment, the best representative called the giant of the stratosphere has been recorded by a book of records. Its length is 112 meters and 70 centimeters. And after laser measurements it turned out that there are three more trees that are superior to those described above. The tallest tree is an instance longer than 115 meters under the name Hyperion. The second place was taken by a tree 114 meters long 69 centimeters called Helios. And the third was Icarus, he grew to 113 meters 14 centimeters. But to assign official status to the book of records, all trees must be measured with a special rope, lowered from the top of the tree.

All these giants are located in the state of California. They are alive and continue to grow annually, adding an average of 25 centimeters. According to scientists, their opportunities for growth have not exhausted themselves. The critical length of the trees is 130 meters above the ground. Further, problems with the nutrition of cells by water due to gravity will begin. Although there are cases when trees were described whose dimensions reached 155 meters.

Information about such a tree came from the shores of the Australian continent in the 19th century. It was a representative of marvelous trees - eucalyptus. But what happened to him later, and why the current representatives of this tree species do not reach this size, is now not known. That provides the basis for further reflection and scientific research.