The tallest tree in the world is a tree from the Cypress family, the sequoia. On average, the height of the sequoia reaches ninety meters, and some specimens grow up to one hundred and ten meters. The age of such trees reaches three thousand years.
The name Sequoyah comes from the Iroquoian languages spoken by the Cherokee Indians. These languages use a unique syllabary. This alphabet was invented by George Hess, aka Sequoia, the leader of the Cherokee Indian tribe.
The tallest tree in the world has a cone-shaped crown, and its branches grow horizontally or lean slightly downward. The tree has a bark, the thickness of which reaches thirty centimeters. Its root in the earth extends to a shallow depth. The leaves reach a length of up to fifteen to twenty millimeters, modified shoots develop at the ends of the branches - cones. Each such cone contains from three to seven seeds, which, when ripe, spill out onto the ground and subsequently germinate.
The world's tallest tree grows in California and Washington state, and is also found in British Columbia in western Canada. Redwood forests stretch along the Pacific coast of North America.
A necessary condition for the growth of sequoia is the high humidity carried by the sea air. Therefore, sometimes trees grow near the very edge of the sea, but sometimes they grow at a height of about a kilometer. The tallest trees in the world usually grow in deep ravines or in gorges, as a current of humid air can penetrate there all year round. Trees that grow in cool and windy conditions higher than the fog layer forms are usually short and small.
Sequoia, which was given the name Hyperion, is the tallest tree in the world. In 2006, it was discovered in Redwood National Park, north of the city of San Francisco (California) in the United States of America. The area of the park, overgrown with ancient redwood forests, is almost forty-five thousand hectares. Naturalist Chris Atkins, together with ecologist Robert van Pelt, amateur naturalist Michael Taylor, and biologist Steve Saylett, were the discoverers of the giant tree that has survived to this day.
As for our country, the tallest tree in Russia is the Siberian cedar, growing right on the street of the small Kuzbass town of Berezovsky in the Kemerovo region. After measuring the height of the tree, experts found that its height reaches eighteen meters, and the circumference of the trunk is three meters and thirty centimeters. The exact age of the tree has not yet been established, but it is approximately two hundred and fifty years old. More completeinformation about the age of the cedar can be obtained only after a thorough examination. It is not yet clear whether the tree will be taken under protection as a natural monument. To be recognized as such, a tree must not only be of a respectable age: it must be associated with some non-fictional historical events or legends, giving.
