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From tiny seeds, grow the world's tallest trees—soaring incredible distances into the sky.

Such trees are considered sacred among some communities, notes Emmanuelle Berenger of the Rainforest Alliance.

"Many communities have revered their ancestral forest homes for centuries, and in particular, the oldest and tallest trees as sacred, recognizing how they provide people with livelihoods, shelter, water, and medicine," she tells Newsweek.

These giants clean the air, absorb greenhouse gas emissions, and stabilize the climate, Berenger adds.

Borneo in South-East Asia harbors some of the tallest trees on Earth.

In this tropical forest, such trees play the role of seed providers, nurturers of the younger trees, regulate the water cycle through their evapotranspiration, produce oxygen, store carbon and stabilize soil through their root system.

A single tree can transpire up to 1,000 liters of water a day.

Listed below are the tallest tree species in the world as sourced for by Mr. Odewale Adesoye (A. K. A. Green Man).

Let's start from number 10. Sit back and enjoy this educative and informational topic/thread.

Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/tallest-trees-world-redwood-fir-gum-rainforest-borneo-1633800%3famp=1

10. Dinizia Excelsa
88.5m (290ft)

The tallest example of this South American canopy-emergent tropical rainforest tree species is found near the boundary of Brazil's Amapa and Para states.

The semi-deciduous tree is harvested from the wild for its very strong and durable timber, which is used locally and also traded.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/tallest-trees-world-redwood-fir-gum-rainforest-borneo-1633800%3famp=1

9. Noble Fir (Abies Procera)
89.9m (295ft)

The tallest example of this plant, more commonly known as the Christmas tree, is found in Washington's Goat Marsh Research Natural Area.

The tree was first found by fabled botanist-explorer David Douglas is probably the largest of all Abies in terms of diameter, height and wood volume.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/tallest-trees-world-redwood-fir-gum-rainforest-borneo-1633800%3famp=1

8. Southern Blue Gum (Eucalyptus Globulus) 90.7m (298ft)

The Blue gum is a fast-growing evergreen tree and its tallest specimen is located in Evercreech Forest Reserve, Tasmania.

This Eucalyptus species has mostly smooth bark, juvenile leaves that are whitish and waxy on the lower surface, glossy green, lance-shaped adult leaves and is capable of producing woody fruit.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/tallest-trees-world-redwood-fir-gum-rainforest-borneo-1633800%3famp=1

7. Manna Gum (Eucalyptus Viminalis)
92m (302ft)

Also known as white gum or ribbon gum, this tree has been recorded at more than 96 meters in California's Sequoia National Forest.

The tree's common name refers to manna, a white sugary exudate that falls from the plant's young foliage.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/tallest-trees-world-redwood-fir-gum-rainforest-borneo-1633800%3famp=1

6. Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron Giganteum)
96.3m (316ft)

Sometimes known simply as "big tree," it is found in California's Sequoia National Forest.

The giant sequoia is listed as an endangered species by the IUCN, with fewer than 80,000 trees remaining.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/tallest-trees-world-redwood-fir-gum-rainforest-borneo-1633800%3famp=1

5. Sitka Spruce (Picea Sitchensis)
96.7m (317ft)

A coniferous, evergreen tree called the Raven's Tower has reached record heights in California's Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park.

The world's largest spruce is also the second-largest species in the Pinaceae, in terms of wood volume.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/tallest-trees-world-redwood-fir-gum-rainforest-borneo-1633800%3famp=1

4. Coast Douglas-Fir (Pseudotsuga Menziesii var. Menziesii)
99.7m (327ft)

The tallest version of this evergreen conifer native is called the Doerner Fir and is located in Brummit Creek, Coos County, Oregon.

These trees are also known to live for incredibly long periods, with a stump found on Waterloo Mountain, Vancouver Island thought to have lived for 1,307 years.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/tallest-trees-world-redwood-fir-gum-rainforest-borneo-1633800%3famp=1

3. Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus Regnans)
100.5m (329.7ft)

The tallest example of these trees also known as swamp gum, or stringy gum, is called the Centurion and is found in Tasmania's Arve Valley.

This tallest of all flowering plants is valued for its timber, and has been harvested in large quantities.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/tallest-trees-world-redwood-fir-gum-rainforest-borneo-1633800%3famp=1

2. Yellow Meranti (Shorea Faguetiana)
100.8m (331ft)

Menara is the world's tallest tropical tree is rooted in an area of the Danum Valley Conservation Area, in Borneo's Sabah region.

The team who made the discovery claimed in 2019 it remains possible an even taller tree is still waiting to be found in the area.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/tallest-trees-world-redwood-fir-gum-rainforest-borneo-1633800%3famp=1

1. Coast Redwood (Sequoia Sempervirens)
115.92m (380.3)

This colossal tree runs as long as about six standard issue bowling lanes.

Yet the exact location of the world's tallest known living tree has been kept a closely guarded secret to protect the 116 meter conifer from damage.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.newsweek.com/tallest-trees-world-redwood-fir-gum-rainforest-borneo-1633800%3famp=1

Trees in Nigeria seem to be dwarfs beside this list...

Rubbish..

Most tress in my village are taller than these..

That's how they will name the biggest dîck as if they saw everyone walking naked.

Odewaleadesoye:
Trees like these won't survive in Nigeria.

I trust my charcoal people... Food don land be that.

Thanks to the Oyinbos for preserving this great nature for us.

Please plant a tree today and save the universe.

nice thread. Please i mentioned you in one of your posts, kindly check it out and reply, thank you. I'd be expecting something from you. Thanks again

Small trees compared to the one at ogugu shrine umueri

Kilode, they wan reach heaven ni?

righteousness2 what do you have to say?

There are taller trees in rainforest of the southwest Nigeria.

I know of sequoia