Michael Fiegle
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editHello, Michael Fiegle, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions. I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful:
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Tallest Trees in USA
editAccording to this website the tallest trees in the US are located near Petrolia in Humboldt County, California. The *Biggest* trees are the Giant Sequoias that grow in the foothills and around the Sierra Nevada mountains. Hope this answers your question! Best wishes and welcome to Wiki! Ellin Beltz (talk) 02:03, 22 March 2013 (UTC)
- Since the tallest Coast Redwood is about 380 feet (120 m) and the "World's Largest Blue Gum Eucalyptus" on Mattole Road, Petrolia, CA measures nearly 141 feet (43 m) high, 49 feet (15 m) feet around, and has a spread of 126 feet (38 m), the coast redwood is more than two times the height of the eucalyptus. I am also not finding "reliable sources" for the height of the Petrolia tree, the best I could find was a Road Side America tip which suggests asking at the Petrolia Store for details of the tree. Also I find in Spain a much taller Blue Gum Eucalyptus with a height of 68 metres (223 ft) in Río Landro, Viveiro, measured in 2010 as referenced by Monumental Trees.com.
- On the U.S. Forest Service Eucalyptus globulus Labill. Bluegum Eucalyptus webpage, but referencing a magazine article "The trees that captured California." Sunset August 1956:44-49, I find the following quotation about the Berkeley eucalyptus trees: <quote>The tallest stand in California is one planted in 1877 on the University of California campus at Berkeley; it contains trees that have been more than 61 m (200 ft) tall since 1956.</quote>
- At present the Berkeley, California grove is stated to be <quote>... the tallest stand of hardwood trees in North America and the tallest stand of this type of eucalyptus in the world.</quote> This comes from The University of California, Berkeley, "Strawberry Creek Tour 8. Eucalyptus Grove".
- I hope this answers your question, again welcome to Wikipedia! Ellin Beltz (talk) 14:40, 22 March 2013 (UTC)