Top 10 largest trees in the world - rating with photo

Today we present to your attention our study on the topic "What is the largest tree in the world."
But what does "big" mean? High? Tolstoy? Old? After all, all these indicators are important, but there is no tree that would combine them all.

We will tell you about all the record holders among trees. Decide for yourself which of them is considered the largest.

10 Prince's apple tree

A unique tree grows in Ukraine, in the city of Korolevets. This apple tree, which is about two centuries old, has the ability, unprecedented in trees of this species, to root branches that have fallen to the ground.

After rooting, the branch sprouts upwards, and a new tree, as it were, appears, which is actually the same organism. Therefore, a unique tree is called an apple-colony.

One and the same organism has many root systems and trunks (moreover, the mother trunk has already died) and occupies an area of ​​about one hundred square meters. “Trees” (and in fact shoots) are annually covered with leaves, bloom, but only half of the apple tree bears fruit, while the other “rests”, and the next year they change.

The fruits are bitter-sweet. At the foot of the apple tree there is a tombstone of one of the Meshchersky princes, which is why the apple tree got its name.

One well-grown banyan tree is a whole forest, because the horizontal branches of the tree give rise to the so-called aerial roots. As soon as they manage to touch the ground, they take root and begin to grow in depth, creating a real root system, and up, growing a trunk, the branches of which are woven into the crown of the "twins" - other similar "babies".

From the point of view of scientists, since all the "children" have the same DNA, this is one plant.
In India, near Calcutta, the Great Banyan grows, the crown of which covers an area of ​​​​1.4 hectares, and its age is 250 years.

The ficus has 3,000 trunks, but the main one died during the tsunami. However, often the largest tree in the world (by crown) is considered to be the Big Banyan, growing near the city of Bangalore: it is 400 years old, and the crown area is 1.2 hectares.

Both banyans belong to the ficus Bengal species; a banyan is a ficus that is capable of producing aerial roots.

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8 Prometheus is one of the oldest trees in the world

The world's oldest Christmas tree grows on the slopes of Mount Fulu in Sweden. According to scientists, its age has far exceeded 9 thousand years!

It is impossible to believe in this, but botanists believe that the tree could survive the numerous natural disasters that happened over 9 and a half millennia on our planet, if for a while it seemed to fall into lethargy.

Spruce was studied before, but then it was not recognized as the oldest tree in the world, because the trunk was analyzed, but this is not the mother trunk, but one of the offspring. Now scientists have figured it out quite accurately by determining the age of the horse system, but it is exactly 9550 years old!

The unique tree is still growing little by little, although only half a century ago, the spruce fell asleep due to the unfavorable state of the environment.

5 One of the world's thickest trees - the baobab

Baobabs are champions in thickness. At the same time, they have very loose wood, adapted to accumulate large volumes of water, and use it during a drought. At such a time, the baobab loses almost half of its volume.

In soft wood, it is convenient to make hollows and even entire rooms. So, you can find completely unusual ways to use baobabs with a hollow middle (such damage often occurs in trees of this species and does not lead to the death of the plant): equipped as a waiting room for a bus station, a public restroom, a bar and even a prison!

The diameter of the thickest known baobab was 9 meters, but even now it is not difficult to meet individuals with extremely large trunks, in order to cover which 30 people will have to stand in a round dance!

Speaking about the largest trees on the planet, one cannot fail to mention the Tule tree, which is very old (according to some scientists, it is 2 thousand years old, others believe that it is three, and some even think that it is 6 thousand years old!), Quite high ( forty meters), and the diameter of its trunk is about 14 meters!

It seems incredible that this is one tree, you might think that we have several Hundred Horsemen fused together, like a chestnut tree, but DNA analysis confirmed that this is all one organism. This tree belongs to the genus cypress, and its biological species is Mexican taxodium.

It is located in Mexico, in a city called Santa Maria del Tule. There are many legends about a unique plant, they are willingly told by the Indians. The tree is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site; Celebrations are held every year in his honor.

2 Hyperion - the tallest sequoia in the world

The tallest tree in the world in height is considered to be Hyperion - a sequoia, which was noticed ten years ago in the National Park in the United States. The height of this tree is 115 and a half meters.

Now growth has stopped due to the fact that its top is damaged by woodpeckers. For this reason, scientists believe that Hyperion will soon give way to its closest competitor, Helios. This is also a sequoia in the same park, but it is still a little over a meter lower than Hyperion. However, Helios is growing, while the current record holder is not.

At the same time, the tallest tree is neither the oldest (its age hardly exceeds 900 years), nor the thickest and heaviest, so it still cannot be considered the largest tree on the planet.

1 General Sherman

Introducing General Sherman, the tree that is now considered the largest on Earth. Its height, however, is somewhat lower than that of Hyperion (and Helios too), - 83.8 m, and its diameter is smaller than that of Thule - 11 meters, but in terms of volume and mass, General Sherman exceeds all other trees, so from that point of view he is a record holder.

The tree grows in the US National Park "Sequoia", refers to the type of sequoiadendron.
You can see a photo of the largest tree, but the tree itself is not.

Scientists fear a large influx of tourists to the stunning sequoiadendron, which in principle could lead to damage to the tree as a result of vandalism or disrupt the ecosystem in which General Sherman was used to being.