Biology: Record Breaking Trees

Tallest Trees

1. Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens): 115.56 m (379.1 ft).
2. Australian Mountain-ash (Eucalyptus regnans): 99.6 m (326.8 ft)
3. Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii): 99.4 m (326.1 ft)
4. Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis): 96.7 m (317.3 ft)
5. Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum): 94.9 m (311.4 ft)

Largest Trees

1. Giant Sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum: 1,487 m³ (52,508 cu ft) Name: General Sherman
2. Coast Redwood Sequoia sempervirens: 1,203 m³ (42,500 cu ft) Name: Lost Monarch
3. Montezuma Cypress Taxodium mucronatum: 750 m³ (25,000 cu ft) Name: Árbol del Tule
4. Western Redcedar Thuja plicata: 500 m³ (17,650 cu ft ) Name: Quinault Lake Redcedar
5. Kauri Agathis australis: circa 400 m³ (15,000 cu ft) Name: Tane Mahuta tree (total volume, including branches, 516.7 m³/18,247 cu ft)

Oldest Trees

1. Great Basin Bristlecone Pine (Methuselah) Pinus longaeva: 4,844 years
2. Alerce Fitzroya cupressoides: 3,622 years
3. Giant Sequoia Sequoiadendron giganteum: 3,266 years
4. Sugi Cryptomeria japonica: 3,000 years
5. Huon-pine Lagarostrobos franklinii: 2,500 years

Sources: Wikipedia