Doerner Fir Explained

Doerner Fir
Species:Coast Douglas fir
Height:327feet
Volume:8120abbr=onNaNabbr=on[1]
Diameter:11.5feet

The Doerner Fir, also known as the Brummitt Fir, is a record-setting Coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii) in Oregon, is one of the tallest known trees in the world which is not a redwood (Sequoioideae), at 3271NaN1.[2]

The Doerner Fir was previously measured in 1991 at 3291NaN1 tall but had lost 21NaN1 as of the latest measurement, in 2008.[3] It is approximately the same height as Centurion, a specimen of Eucalyptus regnans located in southern Tasmania, and as the tallest known specimen of Yellow meranti found in Borneo.[4]

The tree grows in a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) forest in Coos County.[5] The tree was previously named the Brummitt Fir after its drainage until it was renamed in honor of Ray Doerner, a Douglas County commissioner and longtime BLM employee.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Van Pelt, Robert.. Forest giants of the Pacific Coast. 2001. Global Forest Society in association with University of Washington Press, Seattle. 0-295-98140-7. Vancouver. 45300299.
  2. Web site: Richard. Terry. 2015-06-09. Doerner Fir tucked deep in Coos County forest is world's tallest non-redwood tree. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611135515/http://www.oregonlive.com:80/travel/index.ssf/2015/06/doerner_fir_tucked_deep_in_coo.html . 2015-06-11 . 2020-07-07. Oregonian/OregonLive.
  3. Web site: Richard. Terry. 2010-03-27. Doerner Fir rises 327 feet into the Coos County heavens. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200111122246/https://www.oregonlive.com/terryrichard/2010/03/doerner_fir_rises_327_feet_int.html . 2020-01-11 . 2020-07-07. Oregonian/OregonLive. en.
  4. Web site: 2019-04-03. The world's tallest known tropical tree has been found—and climbed. https://web.archive.org/web/20190403124214/https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/04/worlds-tallest-tropical-tree-discovered-climbed-borneo/. dead. April 3, 2019. 2020-10-10. Environment. en.
  5. Web site: The Doerner Fir Trail. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190202173527/https://www.blm.gov/visit/doerner-fir-trail . 2019-02-02 . 2020-07-07. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. en.

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