The tallest tree in the world is a tree from the Cypress family, sequoia. On average, the height of the sequoia reaches ninety meters, and some specimens grow to one hundred and ten meters. The age of such trees reaches three thousand years.
The name Sequoyah comes from the Iroquois languages spoken by the Cherokee Indians. These languages use a unique syllabic alphabet. George Hess, aka Sequoia, invented this alphabet - the leader of the Cherokee Indian tribe.
The tallest tree in the world has a cone-shaped crown, and its branches grow horizontally or slightly tilting down. The tree has a bark, the thickness of which reaches thirty centimeters. Its root in the earth extends to a shallow depth. The leaves reach a length of up to fifteen to twenty millimeters, at the ends of the branches modified shoots develop - cones. In each such cone there are from three to seven seeds, which, when ripe, spill out onto the ground and subsequently germinate.
The tallest tree in the world grows in California and the state of Washington, and is also found in the province of British Columbia in western Canada. Redwood forests stretch along the Pacific coast of North America.
A necessary condition for the growth of sequoia is the high humidity carried by the sea air. Therefore, sometimes trees grow near the very edge of the sea, but sometimes they grow at an altitude of about a kilometer. The tallest trees in the world usually grow in ravines of great depth or in gorges, as a stream of moist air can penetrate there all year round. Trees that grow in cool and windy conditions are taller than a layer of fog is formed, usually low and small.
The sequoia, which was given the name Hyperion, is the tallest tree in the world. In 2006, it was discovered in Redwood National Park, north of the city of San Francisco (California) in the United States of America. The area of the park, overgrown with ancient sequoia forests, is almost forty-five thousand hectares. The pioneers of a giant tree that has survived to this day are naturalist Chris Atkins, along with ecologist Robert van Pelt, amateur naturalist Michael Taylor, biologist Steve Syllett.
As for our country, the tallest tree in Russia is the Siberian cedar, growing directly on the street of the small Kuzbass city of Berezovsky in the Kemerovo region. After measuring the height of the tree, experts found that its height reaches eighteen meters, and the trunk circumference is three meters thirty centimeters. The exact age of the tree has not yet been established, but approximately it is two hundred and fifty years. More complete information about the age of cedar can be obtained only after a thorough examination. It is not yet clear whether the tree will be taken under protection as a natural monument. In order to be recognized as such, a tree must not only have a respectable age: it is necessary that any non-invented historical events or legends and legends be connected with it.
