the gymnosperm book of world records!. did you know that conifers, which are...
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THE GYMNOSPERM BOOK OF WORLD RECORDS!
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Did you know that conifers, which are gymnosperms(non-flowering plants) hold - not one, not two, but THREE world records for all living things?
Well it’s true!
Can you guess what they are?
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World Record #1TALLEST LIVING THING
Giant Redwoods
California
Can grow over 350 feet tall!
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These trees are CRAZY big.Look at the roots of one that fell over.
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Some are so big, the road goes through it.(Click on image for video - 3:00.)
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BUT…
THEY ARE NOT THE MOST
MASSIVE LIVING THINGS (GREATEST MASS, WEIGHT, OR VOLUME)
THERE IS ANOTHER CONIFER THAT HOLDS THAT RECORD.
DRUM ROLL PLEASE…
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World Record #2MOST MASSIVE LIVING THINGS
Giant Sequoia Trees
California also
Close relative to Redwoods
Not quite as tall (“only” 275 feet)
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Also crazy big.
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The BIGGESTSequoia Treeof all?
Drum roll please…
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The “General Sherman”
275’ tall 103’ circumference at
base! Estimated at possibly
over 6,000 TONS!! Enough wood to build
40 houses!!! About 2,500 years
old!!!! (Click on image for video -
3:05)
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And the third world recordheld by conifers?
Drum roll please…
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World Record #3OLDEST LIVING THING
Bristlecone Pines
Also in California!! (but not near the redwoods and sequoias)
Some estimated at almost 5000 years old!!
(Click on image for video – 3:50)
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THREE world records,held by the humble and ancient conifers.
Interesting that they are all in the United State, and all in California.
Road trip!