98.3 m tallest "live-top" Douglas Fir

[mdvaden]

 

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'???

 

 

Know what you mean. In town here in Beaverton, we have some fairly tall trees, like some Ponderosa Pines at 130 feet / 40 meters.

 

But when I look at them, I think, "dang" - the Ponderosas we found last January at 80+ meters are like these in-town pines stacked one on top of the other. And its still not easy to grasp sometimes, even though I visit both.

[MOG]

Know what you mean. In town here in Beaverton, we have some fairly tall trees, like some Ponderosa Pines at 130 feet / 40 meters.

 

But when I look at them, I think, "dang" - the Ponderosas we found last January at 80+ meters are like these in-town pines stacked one on top of the other. And its still not easy to grasp sometimes, even though I visit both.

 

If you ever need a climbing buddy dude, be more than keen to climb some big trees. there is just some thing magnificent about them and feels like you are in a whole other world. Biggest i done if 91m Dead Mountain ash, was bit eery to be honest. As the whole forrest is burnt out and no birds, no rustling of leaves, just the wind blowing through. and 81m Karri tree which was alive and in very good health.

 

Cheer Matt Glen

[Big J]

Stunning pictures as always - very envious of your position as a 'tree hunter' of sorts!

 

According to wikipedia, the largest Douglas ever felled was 142m, which sadly makes todays specimens seem small. Whenever I see the old photos of the loggers with enormous felled trees, it pains me as such trees won't exist again for hundreds of years.

[Tom D]

So you reckon about a foot per year on average then?

 

most of the big douglas firs over here are in the 150yo age bracket and have reached around the 200' mark. Do you think ours are growing faster or do you reckon they slow down a bit once past 200'?

 

great pics BTW

[mdvaden]

So you reckon about a foot per year on average then?

 

most of the big douglas firs over here are in the 150yo age bracket and have reached around the 200' mark. Do you think ours are growing faster or do you reckon they slow down a bit once past 200'?

 

great pics BTW

 

In this area, young Douglas fir grow about 2 feet per year as an average, when younger. Then slow down with age, or as the top gets up in the wind where it snaps and recovers.

Edited June 5, 2011 by mdvaden