Tallest Hardwood Trees

Common north american hardwood list.

Tallest hardwood trees.

It is the tallest of the eastern hardwoods and a rapid grower when conditions are right. If you re looking for a stunning tree that grows quickly and doesn t suffer from many pest problems your search is over. Beech genus fagus. Black walnut butternut genus juglans.

The pine has had the reign as the tallest eastern tree since 1995. The tape drop of the great tuliptree was 191 9 feet. Birch genus betula. With white dense wood the white ash is the most common daily wood of the hardwood trees.

And the tuliptree is still beloved for its beauty today serving as the state tree of kentucky indiana and tennessee. Shorea is a genus of about 196 species of mainly rainforest trees in the family dipterocarpaceae the genus is named after sir john shore the governor general of the british east india company 1793 1798 the timber of trees of the genus is sold under the common names lauan luan lawaan meranti seraya balau bangkirai and philippine mahogany. It is a soft hardwood tree meaning its wood is less dense than others on this list and is often used in construction frames. Ash genus fraxinus.

Yellow poplar or tulip poplar is the tallest hardwood tree in north america with one of the most perfect and straight trunks in the forest. Cottonwood genus populus. White ash though similar in appearance to the green ash this tree s leaves are noticeably lighter on the underside. A new champion hardwood tree has recently been discovered in tasmania australia.

Well the boogerman has been surpassed. Standing at 101 meters tall the newly found giant has been named centurion. This eucalypt tree was only discovered in october 2008 by using a laser mounted on a plane that was measuring the terrain height forest height and forest biomass 5. The yellow poplar tree has very unique leaves with four lobes separated by rounded notches.

Basswood genus tilia. Elm genus ulmus. Hackberry genus celtis. The tallest one named centurion is now around 100 m 328 ft tall and is the tallest living hardwood tree on earth.

Hickory genus carya. The boogerman pine also in great smoky mountains national park at 188 9 feet was the number to beat.