Talk:Centurion (tree)

Sadly all of the citation links are broken as of 9 December 2015. Somewildthingsgo (talk) 16:54, 9 December 2015 (UTC)

Second-Tallest Tree?
Greetings,

Someone on Wikipedia had stated that Centurion was the "second-tallest tree" in the world. It is not. In fact, the top 100+ tallest trees (340+ feet high) are all coast redwoods:

http://www.mdvaden.com/redwood_dimensions.shtml

However, Centurion is still significant as the tallest currently standing tree in the Southern hemisphere. Ryoung 122 02:00, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Dethroned as tallest angiosperm (flowering plant)?
For over a decade, Centurion was thought to be the world's tallest angiosperm (flowering plant). And it may have been at some time in the past as a break near the top shows that the tree was once significantly taller (perhaps 20+ higher). But at the moment, it appears to have been dethroned:

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/04/worlds-tallest-tropical-tree-discovered-climbed-borneo/

Note that, at 100.8 meters, Menara tree surpasses Centurion by just 2/10ths of the meter.

Also, Sabah is north of the equator so Centurion is still the tallest tree standing in the Southern Hemisphere. Ryoung 122 02:04, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Fire Damage
Centurion suffered fire damage in early 2019:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-26/tall-tree-centurion-survives-bushfire/10758538

While it survived initially it remains to be seen what the long-term consequences of this significant fire damage will be. Ryoung 122 02:19, 9 April 2019 (UTC)

Photo of the fire damage to the base, including the creation of a new hollow: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-26/centurion-damaged-by-fire-1/10850552 Ryoung 122 16:38, 25 September 2019 (UTC)

100+ meter remeasure in 2014
Here's another source for the 100.5 meter height:

https://giant-trees.com/trees/how-tall-is-the-tallest-flowering-tree/