Phalanx – ponderosa pine

Tallest known ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa), 81.8 m tall, discovered in 2011. Diameter at the breast height – 5.7 m.

Californian laurel tree at Myrtlewood Trail

Californian laurel tree at Myrtlewood Trail has a circumference of 15.27 m. The trunk is much wider at its base – hence the enormous circumference.

The largest Fremont cottonwood in Skull Valley

This is the largest currently known Fremont cottonwood (Populus fremontii). The tree has a circumference of 14.22 m and height of 31 m (2017). It was planted in 1917.

Port Orford Cedar near Hiouchi

The tallest known Port Orford Cedar (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana), 81.08 m tall, discovered in 2009. Diameter of the trunk is 280.4 cm.

Sugar Pine at Sierra Nevada mountains

Tallest known sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana), 83.5 m tall, discovered in 2015.

Sycamore in Santa Barbara (Sister Witness Tree)

Enormous sycamore (Platanus racemosa) with a circumference of 15.9 m, 28.65 m height.

The Chandelier Tree

Enormous coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens (D. Don) Endl.) with large 1.83 x 2.64 m hole carved in the 1930s – car can drive through it. Height of the tree – 84 m.

Methuselah tree

Great Basin bristlecone pine (Pinus longaeva D.K.Bailey). The oldest announced individual tree in world, 4,851 years old. It is highly possible that in the grove are older trees – there is reported a tree “Prometheus” that is 4900 years old (in Nevada, Wheeler Peak) and rumoured another one that is 5069 years old (in 2019).

Lost Monarch

One of the largest coast redwoods (Sequoia sempervirens) in the world. Volume 1,206 m³. Height 97.84 m, circumference 24.13 m (includes multiple trunks).

Devil’s Canyon Colossus

The largest incense-cedar (Calocedrus decurrens ((Torrey) Florin), volume 223 m3. 46.3 m high, circumference 11.7 m.