Ten Tallest Tree Species

#1 Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)

• Hyperion: 379 feet (115 meters)
  
• Helios 376.3 feet
• Stratosphere Giant 370.5 feet
  
• Mendocino Tree: 368 feet

#2 Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans)

• Centurion: 101 meters
  
• Icarus Dream: 97 meters
• Mount tree: 96 meters
  

#3 Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)

• Doerner Fir”, (previously known as the Brummit fir), 99.4 meters
• Cathedral Grove: 76 meters (249 feet)

#4 Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis)

• Carmanah Giant: 96 meters (315 ft)
• Quinault rain forest (191 feet)
  
• Giant Spruce of Cape Perpetua (185 feet)

#5 Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)

• Redwood Mountain Grove: 94.9 meters
  
• Diamond Tree: 87.2 meters
• Hart Redwood: 84.8 meters
• General Sherman: 84.2 meters

#6 Blue Gum (Eucalyptus globulus)

• Tasmania: 90.7 meters
  

#7 White Gum (Eucalyptus viminalis)

• Evercreech forest reserve: 89-91 meters

#8 Noble fir (Abies procera)

• Goat Marsh Research Natural Area: 89.9 meters ( Mt. St. Helens National Monument)

#9 Alpine Ash (Eucalyptus delagatensis)

• Tasmania - 88.7 meters
  

#10 Yellow Meranti (Shorea faguetiana)

• Tawau Hills Nation Park, Borneo: 88.3 meters
  

runner up - Shining Gum (Eucalyptus nitens)

• Tasmania - 84.4 meters
  

Tallest Hardwood Tree in the World

A new champion hardwood tree has recently been discovered in Tasmania, Australia. Standing at 101 meters tall the newly found Giant has been named "Centurion". The tree is a "Swamp Gum" (Eucalyptus regnans) and was discovered by Tasmanian forestry staff using an airbord "LIDAR" laser scanner.

While this tree is not the tallest tree in the world it is the tallest hardwood, the tallest flowering tree and the tallest tree in Australia. The world´s tallest tree is a Coastal Redwood by the name of "Hyperion" which is 114 meters (379 feet) tall. After the Coastal Redwood the Eucalyptus regnans in the world´s next tallest tree species.

The "Centurion" tree in Tasmania is located just 5 km from the Tahune airwalk. The discovery of this tree has been very exciting for forestry officials in Australia as it is the only hardwood tree in the world that stands more than 100 meters tall.

Other tall "Swamp Gum" trees in Australia are...

Icarus Dream - 97 meters
Mount Tree - 96 meters
Damocles - 93 meters
Medusa - 92 meters