MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — Two specialists in finding tall trees say they’ve spotted the tallest known pine tree in the world in Oregon’s Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest.
The Mail Tribune says that Michael Taylor, of Trinity County, Calif., and Mario Vaden, of Beaverton, knew right away they had found a record tree during a hike in the forest on Jan. 3. They measured the ponderosa pine at 268.35 feet tall. In addition, Vaden says, among 12 trees near the record pine, three others are higher than the previously known tallest pine among any pine species.
The site is about 24 miles west of Grants Pass and south of the Rogue River. Taylor and Vaden don’t want to make the exact location public because of the threat of vandalism.
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Information from: Mail Tribune, http://www.mailtribune.com/
