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World’s tallest hardwood tree, found in Tasmania.

October 14, 2008

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World’s tallest hardwood tree, found in Tasmania.

What is believed to be the world’s tallest hardwood tree has been discovered near Forestry Tasmania’s Tahune Airwalk tourism attraction 88km south of Hobart.  One of two giant Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans) found growing together, the trees were detected in August using an airborne Light Detection and Ranging Laser scanning technology (LiDAR).  The trees were [...]

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