"Icarus Dream" - Tallest Eucalyptus regnans

Source -
www.gianttrees.com.au

Species: Eucalyptus regnans

Location: Andromeda, Tasmania

Height: 97 metres (318 feet)

Diameter: 290 cm (9.5 feet)

Volume: 164 cubic metres

Tallest white gum tree - Tasmania

measuring the basis of a 100 mt tall white gum tree - evercreech reserve, tasmania, originally uploaded by nicolas.boullosa.

A sign at the base of this tree reads…

“In the middle of Evercreech Forest Reserve lives the tallest white gum in the world standing 91 meters. The tree (Eucalyptus Viminalis) has shocked scientists from all over the over. They have refused to believe that this species could reach such a height. The tree was ans still is the pride of the Evercreech Forest Reserve. In the 1940´s and 50´s was the first reprieve of those trees as they couldn´t be extracted by bullock teams which were the common methods at those times. So the white gums were saved! The need for sawlogs in the 1970´s and the advent of bulldozers a road was built to the base of the big tree. Local forester Des Howe was carrying out a routine inspection of the logging operation when he realised the tree which was about to be felled was exceptionally tall. “Des, in fact, ordered its second reprieve, and a surveyor was called in to accurately measure the height o fthe tree and two others nearby”. It was an amazing process a shotkgus was used to collect seed capsules and bark. Leaves were taken to prove it was actually a white gum. Botanists had to be convinced by Forestry Commission that they were in fact Eucalyptus viminalis. The tallest tree was 91 meters to its tallest point which was well above any other limit of that species. After being confirmed it was considered the area should become a reservation. In 1977 52 hectares became a reserve. We believe this tree is more than three hundred years old!”

These trees are referred to localy as the "White Knights"

Walk through Karri tree

Image From Wikipedia (link)

This is the "Walk through Karri tree". Karri trees (Eucalyptus diversicolor) are one of the tallest tree species in the world and can grow to over 90 meters in hieght. These trees grow native in the Warren biogeographic region (Karri rainforest). The most well known specimen of this tree species is the Gloucester tree.

Tree climbed by one million people!

climbing the gloucester tree, originally uploaded by badjonni.

The Gloucester tree in Western Australia is a 200+ foot (61m) tall three that people have been climbing since 1946 with the aid of a spiral peg stair system that was originaly set up so that as a watchtower for fires. This famous tree tourist attraction is a Karri(Eucalyptus diversicolor) tree.

South West Coast, originally uploaded by Phillie Casablanca.

White bark tree in termite land

Gum tree & termite mounds - originaly uploaded by - emblatame

Smooth white bark of some sort of gum tree contrasting with the rough, brown texture of terminte mounds. The form of the tree is elegant and graceful while the termite mounds are crude and clumsy. This tree is the queen of her environment. Perhaps this is fitting as she grows in Queensland.

Colorful Eucalyptus bark

In Hawaii, even the trees have rainbows..., originally uploaded by *amelia*.

These "Gum" trees look as though they have been painted with a rainbow color effect. The colorful effect of the bright green new bark against the rusty red of the pealing bark and the darker browns of the dead bark is quite striking. These images come from Hawaii.