The biggest eucalypt in the world

[joe into trees]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAheIiPFbOM&list=UU2TSFy9wbZLR5jfeW6gWrGg&index=1&feature=plcp]climbing the biggest eucalypt in the world - YouTube[/ame]

 

The tree is an enormous Eucalyptus regnans in the upper Florentine Valley, Tasmania. Although it's a mere 87m in height, it has an intact crown from about 35m or so, and twin leaders with a vast canopy spread. It is also the largest (by volume) eucalypt ever measured - and may be the largest angiosperm in the world.

 

Canopy scientists Prof. Steve Sillett and Dr. Bob van Pelt (and team, most of whom managed to avoid the camera!) are engaged in an ambitious, long term project to study how giant trees grow and change over time. Here, they were carefully preparing an exact 3D map of the entire canopy of this vast and beautiful tree.

 

Hope you enjoy the movie...

Edited November 1, 2012 by joe into trees
syntactical suckfishery

[silky fox]

Absolutely Breathtaking!!...i shall be watching this video again and agin..Such an uplifting story...great soundtrack that captures the vibe of the climb...and great to see that the tree has such a healthy intact crown....wonderful...thanks for posting:001_smile:

[Taupotreeman]

Joe, is there still illegal logging going on in Tazzy? I'm sure I watched a doco sometime ago that said some of these magnificent trees were being felled on a regular basis. I note that the Guinness book of records has a Eucalyptus as one of the tallest trees ever measured. Something like 424 feet for one that fell over.

[Joe Loggs]

That's the tree from avatar, I thought it was burnt down;-). Great tree, that one would test anyone's fear of height.

[Breton monkey]

thats an amazing tree! and glad to see its not only me that has self-knotting throw line!!

[teepeeat]

liked the crossbow and fishing reel throwline deployment.

Been a few threads on here with people asking for good ideas and that seemed to work well

[Adam Bourne]

Thanks for posting, silky hit the nail on the head for me to, it is breathtaking, shame I may never get to see it myself,

 

 

 

 

Still not as big as the one I took down last week

[Samba]

Immense. Does anyone know when the National Geographic issue is due to come out?

[breffni]

Great video it must be amazing to climb something so big. Great song as well from crystal fighters

[browncow]

awesome vid and amazing tree