# The tallest trees in the world

The tallest living tree of each species, according to Wikipedia's list of tallest trees. Hyperion, a coast redwood in California, is the tallest known living tree.

- 17 votes · 19 items
- Jul 17, 2026 · Chase Sims
- https://even.best/en/l/783/the-tallest-trees-in-the-world

## Top 10

1. **South Tibetan cypress** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 102.3 m. Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, Tibet, China. The tallest tree in Asia.
2. **Coast Douglas-fir** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — 99.5 m. Siuslaw National Forest, Oregon.
3. **Southern blue gum** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — 92.0 m. Tasmania, Australia.
4. **Sitka spruce** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 100.2 m. Redwood National Park, California.
5. **Yellow meranti** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 97.58 m. Menara, in Danum Valley, Sabah, Borneo (Malaysia). The tallest flowering plant and tropical tree known.
6. **Manna gum** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 91.3 m. White Knight, Evercreech Forest Reserve, Tasmania.
7. **Noble fir** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — 89.9 m. Goat Marsh Giant, Washington.
8. **Mountain ash** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 96 m. Centurion, Arve Valley, Tasmania. The tallest eucalyptus; it had reached 100.5 m in 2018.
9. **Alpine ash** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — 87.9 m. Tasmania, Australia.
10. **Giant sequoia** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 96.37 m. Sequoia National Park, California. The most massive tree species.
11. **Dinizia excelsa** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 88.5 m. Between Amapá and Pará, Brazil. The tallest tree in the Amazon.
12. **Mengaris (Koompassia excelsa)** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — 85.76 m. Tawau Hills National Park, Sabah, Borneo.
13. **Karri** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Western Australian eucalyptus (Eucalyptus diversicolor), up to about 90 metres.
14. **Grand fir** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Northwestern conifer that can top 80 metres.
15. **Sugar pine** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The tallest pine species, reaching about 80 metres in California and Oregon.
16. **Western hemlock** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Pacific Northwest conifer that can exceed 80 metres in old-growth forests.
17. **Ponderosa pine** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Western US pine; a specimen in Oregon measured over 81 metres.
18. **Coast redwood** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 116.07 m. Hyperion, in Redwood National Park, California. The tallest known living tree.
19. **Brown top stringybark** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — 88.5 m. Princess Picabella, Tasmania.

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