The Queets Fir is a superlative Douglas fir about 2.5 miles from the Queets River Trail trailhead,[1][2] on Coal Creek, a tributary of Queets River in the Olympic National Park in Washington State. It was known for fifty years, beginning in 1945, as the largest known fir by volume, and is still largest known in diameter.[3] It has a height of at least 200 feet (61 m), circumference 600 inches (15,000 mm), and spread of 71 feet (22 m).[4][5][2] It was listed as national co-champion Douglas fir by American Forests, and one of only a handful of "undisputed megatrees" in North America with over 800 points.[6]
| Queets Fir | |
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 The Queets Fir in 2010 | |
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| Species | Coast Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii) |
| Coordinates | 47°38′17″N 123°58′32″W / 47.6381°N 123.9755°W |
| Height | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Diameter | 15.9 ft (4.8 m) |
| Volume of trunk | 332 m3 (11,710 cu ft) |
References edit
- ^ Queets area brochure, U.S. National Park Service
- ^ a b Record trees (PDF), U.S. National Park Service, retrieved 2019-01-05
- ^ The Gymnosperm Database: Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. menziesii, last modified 2018-12-23; accessed 2019-01-05
- ^ Wood 2000, p. 288.
- ^ Wuerthner & Moore 1999, p. 6.
- ^ Bronaugh 2004.
Sources edit
- Wood, Robert (2000), Olympic Mountains Trail Guide: National Park and National Forest, The Mountaineers Books, ISBN 0898866189
- Wuerthner, G.; Moore, D.W. (1999), Olympic: A Visitor's Companion, National Park Visitor's Companion Series , No 5, Stackpole Books, ISBN 978-0-8117-2869-0
- Bronaugh, Whit (Spring 2004), "the Towering TITANS", American Forests, vol. 110, no. 1, p. S8-S13
Further reading edit
- Van Pelt, Robert (2001), "Queets Fir", Forest giants of the Pacific Coast, Global Forest Society, pp. 48–, ISBN 0968414311, OCLC 249040390
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