Tasmania's Giant Trees by Brett Mifsud
With its high rainfall, moderate climate, good soils and the fact that some tall forest areas have remained free of catastrophic fire for up to 500 years, Tasmania has the ideal conditions to produce exceptionally large
Eucalypts. In fact Tasmania is the home to Australia's largest and tallest trees with individual specimens towering up to 99.6m tall and ancient monsters bulging to over 21m in girth. While most of these giants are Eucalyptus regnans, (known locally as Swamp Gum or mountain ash if you are in Victoria). Eucalyptus globulus - Blue Gum, Eucalyptus viminalis - White gum or Manna gum, Euclayptus delegatensis - gum topped Stringybark, and Eucalyptus obliqua - Stringybark, are all known to have produced trees that exceed 85m in height. There are a number of regions where you can easily see giant eucalypts: The Styx Valley, The Florentine and Upper Derwent, The Huon and Arve valleys and the North East forests.
Eucalypts. In fact Tasmania is the home to Australia's largest and tallest trees with individual specimens towering up to 99.6m tall and ancient monsters bulging to over 21m in girth. While most of these giants are Eucalyptus regnans, (known locally as Swamp Gum or mountain ash if you are in Victoria). Eucalyptus globulus - Blue Gum, Eucalyptus viminalis - White gum or Manna gum, Euclayptus delegatensis - gum topped Stringybark, and Eucalyptus obliqua - Stringybark, are all known to have produced trees that exceed 85m in height. There are a number of regions where you can easily see giant eucalypts: The Styx Valley, The Florentine and Upper Derwent, The Huon and Arve valleys and the North East forests.
The massive fluted base of 'The Prefect' - Southern Tasmania
