Rise to the Sky: How the World’s Tallest Trees Grow Up
L J P H E In memory of my father who taught me to love trees R For H my dad one of the sturdiest trees I know M
What is the tallest living thing It's not an elephant or even a blue whale or a giraffe
It's a tree Some trees rise more than three hundred feet into the sky They can reach higher than the Statue of Liberty SITKA SPRUCE 317 FEET STATUE OF LIBERTY 305.5 FEET AUSTRALIAN GIRAFFE MOUNTAIN ASH 329.7 FEET 18 FEET BLUE WHALE 80 FEET AFRICAN ELEPHANT 13 FEET YELLOW MERANTI 331 FEET KASHMIR CYPRESS 310 FEET
BIG BEN 316 FEET COAST REDWOOD 380.3 FEET or even the Big Ben clock tower How do they grow so tall SOUTHERN BLUE GUM 302 FEET GIANT SEQUOIA 314 FEET COAST DOUGLAS FIR 327 FEET
