Started by Inês Carvalho (@tidepoolkid) ·
how tall can a tree possibly get
4 sources · 31 min down the hole
How I got here
- Started with
- What's the maximum possible height of a tree?
- Ended at
- Transpiration
The Trail
- “how tall can trees grow max height” (google.com)
- Hyperion (tree) (en.wikipedia.org)
- Sequoia sempervirens (en.wikipedia.org)
- Transpiration (en.wikipedia.org)
What I came away with
The tallest known tree, Hyperion, is about 116 m. Models of how hard it is to pull water up a trunk against gravity and friction put the theoretical limit somewhere around 120–130 m.
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