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East Asia’s Tallest Tree Is the ‘Heaven Sword,’ an Environmental Guardian
Researchers used LiDAR and field surveys to confirm an 84.1-meter Taiwania fir after a decade-long search and a map of 941 giant trees.
- Researchers identified East Asia's tallest tree, 'The Heaven Sword,' in a secluded valley in Taiwan, according to a study published Friday in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change.
- A group nicknamed the Taiwan Tree Seekers spent nearly 10 years surveying vegetation, using LiDAR technology and crowdsourced volunteers to analyze 57,065 candidate images to find the tallest specimen.
- The Heaven Sword, a fir tree estimated to be about 1,000 years old, measures 84.1 meters tall and stands near the Da'an River in northern Taiwan.
- Lead study author Dr. Rebecca Chia-Chun Hsu from the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute scaled the massive tree, using tape-drop measurement that confirmed the record height of 84.1 meters.
- Taiwan's steep, mountainous terrain and stable oceanic climate create a rare environment sustaining giant trees, though the Heaven Sword remains shorter than the 116-meter Hyperion coast redwood in California.
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