1298 to 1302 points ~ Sequoia sempervirens

[10 Bears]

there's a small chance a few feet not visible to Chris's laser may be taller.

 

Very interesting and thanks for sharing. Just a point of interest though; am I correct in assuming that you are referring to a laser hypsometer here eg Trupulse or similar?

 

I have had a brief look in the measuring guidelines and it refers to options of using a construction laser which I have never seen used for tree assessment over here. Is it used often for this in the US?

 

You also mention that some say for the particularly big trees that volume is discussed as being one method for comparison. I would agree with that, ie that champions are decided on which could produce the most overall biomass, but then you could also have champions of different measure eg champion height, champion crown width and so on.

 

I think multiple categories could be used to determine the overall champion i.e. trees that score high in more than one of the different categories would accrue points and this would decide the overall champion.

 

Also to my mind, this data could be used to make the basis for a tree specific top trumps set!

[daltontrees]

I love the top trumps idea!

[mdvaden]

Very interesting and thanks for sharing. Just a point of interest though; am I correct in assuming that you are referring to a laser hypsometer here eg Trupulse or similar?

 

I have had a brief look in the measuring guidelines and it refers to options of using a construction laser which I have never seen used for tree assessment over here. Is it used often for this in the US?

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I think multiple categories could be used to determine the overall champion i.e. trees that score high in more than one of the different categories would accrue points and this would decide the overall champion.

 

Also to my mind, this data could be used to make the basis for a tree specific top trumps set!

 

If you search tree measuring and ENTS or the Eastern Native Tree Society, and their forums, there is plenty to find about various laser rangefinders that people use.

 

For the tree mentioned in the OP, the Lasertech Impulse 200LR was the model used, but we also have the Trupulse.

 

I've wondered at times why the big tree registries here don't have a separate list for at least the tallest of each species.

 

And I think it would be interesting to know the maximum spread or trunk girth too.