Coniferous Trees

Norway Spruce

• Tallest in the Czech Republic – Těptín Spruce
• Height: 58 m
• Circumference: 515 cm
• Fell at 200 years old in June 2008 in the Kamenický stream valley in the Czech Republic
• Currently, in the Beskydy Mountains, it is severely affected by bark beetles, whose larvae cut off nutrient flow from the roots

Coast Redwood

• The tallest tree in the world – Coast Redwood, USA
• Height: 116 m

Giant Sequoia

• The most massive tree in the world, USA
• Height: 83 m
• Volume: 1487 m³
• Ground circumference: 31.5 m
• Age: up to 2700 years
• The tallest tree in the Czech Republic is the Douglas fir – 64.1 m

Montezuma Cypress

• The widest coniferous tree – Tule Tree, Mexico
• Circumference: over 42 m
• Diameter: 14 m
• Height: 35 m
• Weighs over 636 tons, which is more than the entire walkway, including its concrete foundations