Tallest known Acer / Maple worldwide?

[mdvaden]

So the quote below is what I asked also at the UBC botanical forums. I briefly mentioned finding a tall maple in the redwood thread just started, but thought the maple question was worth it's own small topic.

 

Hoping someone might have a few bits of information on the maximum known height of Acer, worldwide. Information that is near 100% reliable.

 

Last week, I discovered a bigleaf maple in northern California that is about 155 feet / 47.2 meters tall. It's not a huge tree. Although I suspect it could be fairly old.

 

In the past few days, I've received notes, or met face to face, with researchers Van Pelt & Sillett, Will Blozan of the east USA, and Michael Taylor, California's champion tree program coordinator. Combined, they know of no maple in the USA over 148 feet. Van Pelt said that one reference to a 158 footer in Washington, was really more of a 148 footer, incorrectly measured. Blozan is aware of some 140 ft. to 144 ft. specimens in the east USA, and that anything found online said to be taller, would not really exist.

 

I'm curious if anybody reading these forums has factual heights of any maples in other countries or continents, taller than 150 feet. Something that may not be online to find.

 

Thank you.