Tichipawa

Tichipawa (meaning "thunderbolt" in the Quinault language) is a superlative Douglas fir near Lake Quinault in the U.S. state of Washington. The tree is 281 feet (86 m) tall. It was listed as 275 feet (84 m) tall in 2002, four years after it was discovered by The Evergreen State College forestry researcher and author Robert Van Pelt, in March 1998.

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Sources

  • Linnea, A.; Haupt, L.L. (2010). Keepers of the Trees: A Guide to Re-Greening North America. Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 978-1-61608-007-5. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  • Van Pelt, Robert (2001), Forest giants of the Pacific Coast, Vancouver, San Francisco, Seattle: Global Forest Society in association with University of Washington Press, OCLC 45300299
  • "Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirbel) Franco" (PDF). Tree Factsheet. Wageningen University forest ecology and forest management group. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  • Farjon, A. (2008). A Natural History of Conifers. Timber Press. ISBN 978-0-88192-869-3. Retrieved 2019-01-11.
  • Hobbyists hunt huge trees in U.S. for the record books, Associated Press, May 9, 2002 – via Billings Gazette
  • Earle, Christopher J., ed. (December 23, 2018), Pseudotsuga menziesii subsp. menziesii, Configers.org The Gymnosperm Database

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