Largest Douglas Fir
(Pseudotsuga menziesii)
These measurements and volume/height data are from Robert Van Pelt's Book, Forest Giants For the Pacific Coast. These measurements are from 2001 or earlier.
Rank Height Dbh Volume Name, Location, Notes-- (m) (feet) (m) (feet) (m³) (ft³) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 73.8 242.0 4.23 13.9 349 12,320 Red Creek Tree, Red Creek, SW British Columbia. Grows a few miles from ocean. Queets Fir has larger base but this tree has larger upper trunk. 2 61.0 200.0 4.85 15.9 332 11,710 Queets Fir, Queets River Valley-Olympic National Park. Upper portion of trunk broke off many years ago, still 2nd largest. Was probably once very tall. 3 85.6 281.0 4.08 13.4 308 10,870 Tichipawa, Quinalt Lake Rain Forest-Olympic National Park. Discovered in 1993 by Dave Shaw. 4 92.1 302.0 3.96 13.0 289 10,200 Rex, Quinalt Lake Rain Forest-Olympic National Park. Discovered by Chris Earl/Robert Van Pelt 1999. 5 91.7 301.0 4.14 13.6 284 10,040 Ol' Jed, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Largest recorded Douglas Fir in California. Reported dead in July 2009 as per Sillett/Atkins/Vaden expedition 6 80.5 264.0 3.61 11.8 265 9,350 Cedar Flats Centinel, SE Slope of Mount St. Helens. Discovered by Steve Sillett. One of few Cascade range giants left. 7 84.1 276.0 3.84 12.6 265 9,350 Quamal, Quinalt Lake Rain Forest-Olympic National Park. Discovered by Peter Erben. 8 89.9 295.0 3.97 13.0 257 9,080 Gatton Goliath, Gatton Creek-Olympic National Park. Discovered by Peter Erben. 9 60.4 198.0 3.53 11.6 257 9,080 Indian Pass Tree, Bogachiel Valley-Olympic National Park. Disovered by Randy Stoltmann August 1992. 10 88.4 290.0 3.63 11.9 247 8,740 Mauksa, Lake Quinalt Rain Forest-Olympic National Park. 11 99.4 326.1 3.35 11.0 237 8,385 Brummett Fir AKA Doerner Fir. Several Miles Up East Fork of Brummett Creek, Coos County SW Oregon. Was once 100.3m but top has since died back. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------