Tallest Trees in the World

The heights of the tallest trees in the world have been the subject of considerable dispute and much exaggeration. Modern verified measurements with laser rangefinders or with tape drop measurements made by tree climbers (such as those carried out by canopy researchers), have shown that some older tree height measurement methods are often unreliable, sometimes producing exaggerations of 5% to 15% or more above the real height.

Historical claims of trees growing to 130 m (430 ft), and even 150 m (490 ft), are now largely disregarded as unreliable, and attributed to human error.

The following are the tallest reliably measured specimens from the top species. This table shows only currently standing specimens:

List of tallest trees by Species

Rank	Tree Species	Tree Height		Tree name	Tree Location
Rank	Tree Species	Meters	Feet	Tree name	Tree Location
1	Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens)	115.92	380.3	Hyperion	Redwood National Park, California, United States
2	Yellow meranti (Shorea faguetiana)	100.8	331	Menara	Danum Valley Conservation Area, in Sabah on the island of Borneo
3	Mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans)	100.5	329.7	Centurion	Arve Valley, Tasmania, Australia
4	Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii)	99.7	327	Doerner Fir	Brummit Creek, Coos County, Oregon, United States
5	Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis)	96.7	317	Raven’s Tower	Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California, United States
6	Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)	95.7	314		Sequoia National Forest, California, United States
7	Manna gum (Eucalyptus viminalis)	91	299	White Knight	Evercreech Forest Reserve, Tasmania, Australia
8	Southern blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus)	90.7	298	Neeminah Loggerale Meena, or Mother and Daughter.	Tasmania, Australia
9	Noble Fir (Abies procera)	89.9	295		Goat Marsh Research Natural Area, Washington, United States
10	Alpine ash (Eucalyptus delegatensis)	87.9	288		Tasmania, Australia
11	Brown top stringbark (Eucalyptus obliqua)	86	282	King Stringy	Tasmania, Australia.
12	Mengaris (Koompassia excelsa)	85.76	281.4	Pontiankak Putih Cantik	Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah on the island of Borneo
13	Shorea argentifolia	84.85	278.4		Gaharu ridge of Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah on the island of Borneo.
14	Shorea superba	84.41	276.9		Gergassi Ridge of Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah on the island of Borneo.
15	Shining gum (Eucalyptus nitens)	84.3	277		O’Shannassy Catchment, Victoria, Australia.
16	Sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana)	83.45	273.8		near Yosemite National Park, California, United States.
17	Western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla)	83.34	273.4	Tsunami	Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California, United States.
18	Hopea nutans	82.82	271.7		Gaharu ridge of Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah on the island of Borneo.
19	Shorea johorensis	82.39	270.3		Coco-Park boundary of Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah on the island of Borneo.
20	Shorea smithiana	82.27	269.9		Coco-Park boundary of Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah on the island of Borneo.
21	Ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa)	81.77	268.3	Phalanx	in Myers Creek drainage of Rogue River – Siskiyou National Forest, Oregon, United States.
22	Entandrophragma excelsum	81.5	267		at Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
23	Sydney blue gum (Eucalyptus saligna)	81.5	267		Woodbush State Forest, Magoebaskloof, Limpopo, South Africa. The world’s tallest planted tree.
24	Grand fir (Abies grandis)	81.4	267		in the Glacier Peak Wilderness, Washington, United States.
25	Shorea gibbosa	81.11	266.1		River Flats of Tawau Hills National Park, in Sabah on the island of Borneo.
26	Lawson cypress (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana)	81.08	266.0		In Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California, United States.