98.3 m tallest "live-top" Douglas Fir

[mdvaden]

This past week, we explored 3 forests around southern Oregon. On the 3rd day we found some nice Douglas firs. Three of them are over 300 feet, for a new 2nd and 3rd tallest.

 

Douglas Firs June 2011

 

The tallest of them is just over 98 m / 322 ft., and is the tallest live-top Doug fir now. The Doerner Fir in the same county, is 327 ft. with about 40 feet of dead top.

 

You folks would love parts of this forest even for general viewing of Douglas Fir trees.. There are a few clearcuts. But there are a bunch of places with nice meaty trunks. It's west of Roseburg, Oregon.

Edited June 4, 2011 by mdvaden

[slack ma girdle]

You are soooooo lucky, being able to dissapear into the back country, looking for these magnificant giants. I am very envious.

[Stephen Blair]

Ditto the above. Well done indeed

[Mark James]

She's a beast that nice

 

 

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[Ironbark]

Yes, Oregon is a fantastic state. Beautiful coastline, mountains, rivers and forests. The dry side's not to shabby either

[mdvaden]

You are soooooo lucky, being able to dissapear into the back country, looking for these magnificant giants. I am very envious.

 

The one guy on the right who joined us got a nature jolt from the adventure. His main work is the non-techical end for robotic surgery equipment. It was an opportunity for him to get out of silicon valley and go deep into the forest.

 

I'm not certain, but recreational climbing may be permitted in the forest we explored. I think it's BLM forest (not National Park). And even if someone were not told where the tallest ones were, the are a lot of fine 250 foot tree that may be fair game for climbing. I plan to find out more about that to help with suggestions in the future.

[Dave D]

congratulations on the find. i'm sure no picture could do it justice or come any where near to how it must be to look at something like that in the flesh (or wood!)

[firewood]

how old are these trees reckoned to be.

[mdvaden]

how old are these trees reckoned to be.

 

Read an estimate for the slightly bigger Doerner Fir of 450 to 500 years. So it that is about right, then this one would be in the 300 to 400 year range.

 

congratulations on the find. i'm sure no picture could do it justice or come any where near to how it must be to look at something like that in the flesh (or wood!)

 

The way these soar up in the sky is almost harder to show with photos than the.

Edited June 5, 2011 by mdvaden

[janey]

I really can't get my head around those kind of measurements for a tree

 

Some of the Squares here in London have decent sized Plane trees, but they're, what, about a third of the heights of your Douglas'???

 

What an amazing find