Living contemporaries of Jesus Christ - Part 8

The tallest trees in the world (ending ch.8) In other species, able to reach very high altitudes are coniferous trees that grow naturally on the northwest coast of North America. Second place is occupied by: Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) with a height of 100.3 meters (329 feet), followed by sitkinskaya spruce (Picea sitchensis), the highest known representative of which has a height of 96.7 meters (317.3 feet). Just as the wood of evergreen redwoods, the material of these trees has excellent quality, resulting in the once vast forests of these giants were almost completely deforested. There is no doubt that this has been lost to mankind and the higher instances. For example, in 1900, have been felled Douglas fir height of 125.5 meters (411.7 feet). The tallest of the trees measured the highest of the measured trees was not evergreen redwoods and is a type of eucalyptus (Eucalyptus), Australian deciduous trees. In 1872, forester William Ferguson (William Ferguson) noticed an unusually high majestic eucalyptus (Eucalyptus regnans) near the river Watts, Victoria, Australia. Presumably, his height was 132.6 m (435 ft). At the same time, the multitude of copies of the height of 140 m was reported from Tasmania. We no longer have to verify these measurements: all of these trees have been felled. Royal eucalyptus, alas, was and remains an important building material in Australia. Need to be wary of measurements made in the past. The highest royal eucalyptus, whose height was measured with relative certainty, and was 114.3 m, was cut in 1884, a typical landscape of the forest of giant redwoods, is clearly visible difference between young and old trees Even today, continuing deforestation in the lands of Australia and Tasmania. Relationships between organizations for the protection of the environment and the state-owned Forestry Tasmania (Tasmania Forestry) are strained, especially after she burned the largest Australian tree "El Grande» («El Grande»), though, the assurances of the Administration of Forestry, it was an accident. The highest eucalypts grow Tasmania. The highest, called "Centurion» («Centurion»), reaches a height of 100 - 101 m (328 - 331 ft) and is the highest existing deciduous trees of the earth. This eucalyptus was discovered in October 2008, by a laser installed in aircraft which perform measurements of the height of land, forests and forest biomass. Start material: The longest bridge in the world