subject: The Tallest And Most Amazing Trees In The World! [print this page] While trees are so ubiquitous that they go unnoticed for most people, the world could hardly survive without them. In fact,trees are not only beautiful, they are essential to nature and the environment. Not only do they provide shade in times of heat, they help facilitate breathing for all mammals. This is because trees produce oxygen and carbon dioxide emissions. Trees are also responsible for the prevention of erosion and may also moderate soil temperature.
There are many different families of trees and they range in height, shape and other characteristics. Some of the tallest trees in the world are found in North America, but there are also many other places where very tall trees are present.
One of the largest trees in the world is know as the Coastal Redwoods. These trees generally grow to a height of 370 meters or more. It's part of the Sequoia in the cypress family trees. Redwoods are also called California Redwood or Sequoia and were initially found in southwestern Oregon and Florida. With the ability to resist the collapse, she has used for blocks and thresholds in the region, California. This tree is over 3,000 years and today sits in a kind of Redwood Redwood National Park, where he was listed as the tallest living tree in the world in an astonishing height of 379.1 meters.
The Centurion is one of the highest mountain ash trees in the world ", at an altitude of 326.8 meters. It originated from South Australia and is also called stringy gum, swamp gum or Victorian Ash and comes from the family of eucalyptus trees. Their average lifespan is about 400 years. The Centurion is an evergreen tree and survived in the cool mountain regions, they are fast with a growth rate of about one meter per year. The highest eucalyptus samples were found in Tasmania by European settlers. However, they have since been destroyed as a result of advanced age wildfire or logging.
The coastal Douglas fir is an evergreen that is found in Oregon. It reaches a maximum height of up to 390 meters and up to 1000 years. This tree is the second largest conifer sample in the world after the Coast Redwood. The wood of this tree is typically used for plywood, poles and wood, as the tree is, the number one supplier of timber revenue in North America. The Coastal Douglas Fir is also used to poles, flooring, veneer, furniture making, and railway sleepers and is also used for landscaping. This tree may look familiar to many because it shows in TV series like the X-Files and Twin Peaks.
