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The largest tree in Forest Park is a Douglas-fir near the Stone House, the remains of a former public restroom near Balch Creek. It is 242 feet (74 m) high, and the trunk is 18.6 feet (5.7 m) in circumference. [12] Among the prominent wildflowers are Hooker's fairy bells, vanilla leaf, evergreen violet, and trillium. [11]
Former state forests include: Adair Tract State Forest aka Paul M. Dunn Research Forest, renamed and jointly administered as the McDonald-Dunn Forest by Oregon State University [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] George T. Gerlinger State Experimental Forest, administered by the Oregon Department of Forestry as part of its West Oregon District [ 6 ]
Thuja plicata is a large evergreen coniferous tree in the family Cupressaceae, native to the Pacific Northwest of North America. Its common name is western redcedar in the U.S. [2] or western red cedar in the UK, [3] and it is also called pacific red cedar, giant arborvitae, western arborvitae, just cedar, giant cedar, or shinglewood. [4]
Redwood National Park, California, United States: Western North America [1] [2] It reached 116.07 metres (380.8 ft) in 2019. [3] The second and sixth tallest trees, both redwoods, were also found at Redwood National Park in 2006 when Hyperion was found, and were named Helios 114.8 metres (377 ft), and Icarus 113.1 metres (371 ft) tall. [3]
The forest's dominant tree species is the Douglas-fir, the state tree of Oregon. Douglas-fir is a valuable timber species in the United States. The forest contains some stands of old-growth forest, some of which are over 300 feet (91 m) tall, among the tallest trees in the world, with tree diameters ranging from 3 to 8 feet (0.91 to 2.44 m). [10]
The tree is located on the Olympic Peninsula in the U.S. state of Washington. [1] It is currently the largest known Western redcedar in the world, [2] (compare to the Cheewhat Giant on Canada's Vancouver Island. [3] After the death in 2016 of the Quinault Big Cedar, the Duncan Cedar became the largest known Western redcedar in the United States ...
The Malheur National Forest is a National Forest in the U.S. state of Oregon.It contains more than 1.4 million acres (5,700 km 2) in the Blue Mountains of eastern Oregon.The forest consists of high desert grasslands, sage, juniper, pine, fir, and other tree species.
Atlas Grove, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park [120] Kauri (Agathis australis) 2.1 7 Nga Mahangahua Tutamoe State Forest, North Island, New Zealand [121] White oak (Quercus alba) 1.8 6 The Wye Oak Wye Mills, Maryland: Died June 6, 2002 [122] Kapok or Silk Cotton Tree (Ceiba pentandra) 1.8 6 General statement; no individual cited [123]