It measures 379.1 feet, or 9 feet taller than the previous tallest tree. Presumably, the Hyperion is still growing, as redwoods can live to be more than 2,000 years old. That’s old, but it has a long way to go to catch up with the world’s oldest living tree.
A redwood tree discovered in a remote California forest has turned out to be the world’s tallest tree, edging out one nearby that had been the previous titleholder, a botanist said Friday.
Humboldt State University Professor Steve Sillett told Reuters the record-setting tree, named Hyperion, is 379.1 feet tall, besting the previous record holder, the 370.5-foot-tall Stratosphere Giant.
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