World Report: April 19, 1996 Vol.1 No.22
- This Issue:
- Table of Contents
- Cover Story
- Cover Story - Spanish Version
- Mini-Lesson
- Comprehension Quiz
- Teacher's Guide and Worksheets
Top 5 Tallest Types Of Trees
Climbing a tree is a good way to celebrate Earth Day, April 20. But scaling these evergreens would be a real stretch for your limbs! The nation's tallest tree is about as high as a 30-story building. Here are the loftiest living skyscrapers in the U.S.:
1. Coast redwood Tallest:
363 feet Humboldt Redwoods State Park, California
2. Coast Douglas fir Tallest:
329 feet Coos County, Oregon
3. Giant sequoia Tallest:
General Sherman, 275 feet Sequoia National Park, California
4. Noble fir Tallest:
272 feet Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument, Washington
5. Sugar pine Tallest:
270 feet Yosemite National Park, California
Reproduced from The Top Ten of Everything by Russell Ash
