Category |
Tree name |
Tree type |
Measure |
Place |
Tallest tree |
Hyperion |
Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) |
Height: 115.72 m (379.65 ft) |
Redwood National Park, California, United States. |
Stoutest |
Árbol del Tule |
Montezuma Cypress (Taxodium mucronatum) |
Diameter: 11.62 m (38.1 ft) |
Santa Maria del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico. |
Largest by single-stem wood volume |
General Sherman |
Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) |
Volume: 1,487 m³ (52,508 cu ft). |
Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park, California, U.S. By volume, it is the largest known living single stem tree on earth. |
Oldest tree |
Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Pinus longaeva) |
Age: 5,064 years |
United States. Oldest known living non-clonal organism on Earth. |