Largest Tree Ever Recorded. The living tree with the greatest circumference girth is that belonging to El Arbol del Tule in Oaxaca state Mexico. On February 21 1872 the fallen tree was measured at 1326 meters 435 feet and that was after the top had broken off.
On February 21 1872 the fallen tree was measured at 1326 meters 435 feet and that was after the top had broken off. Largest Tree Ever Recorded. The living tree with the greatest circumference girth is that belonging to El Arbol del Tule in Oaxaca state Mexico.
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This Montezuma cypress Taxodium mucronatum measured 42 m 137 ft tall in 1998 with a girth of approximately 36 m 119 ft and a diameter of 115. That is about 1m shorter than the worlds tallest living tree a coast redwood measuring 1155m. If those measurements are accurate the Nooksack Giant likely was one of the tallest trees of any kind ever found. Hyperion 1156 meters379 4 Hyperion was discovered on August 25 2006 by naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor in a very remote region of Redwood National and State Parks California USA and is believed to be approximately 700-800 years old.
