New record! The tallest tree in Poland in the Sudetes
Register! The highest measured tree in Poland in the Sudetes. More specifically in the Bardzkie Mountains in Lower Silesia. The record holder is Douglas fir. It is 59 meters and 40 centimeters high.
Recently, the “most” trees in Poland are immigrants. Douglas fir green native to the north west of North America and there is a party in the Rocky Mountains in a very humid climate. There is much more there plum than in Poland. I’m in those conditions Obtaining a height above 100 meters. It turned out that Douglas fir in Poland is less bad, although the climate is favorable and it is simply too dry for them – says arborist Dr. Eng. Piotr Tyszko-Chmielowiec, director of the Tree Institute.
Discovering the presentation was preceded by the analysis of the presentation data of laser scanning. They were made available by the Main Office of Geodesy and Cartography. Trees in the country were selected as the area of the cultivated field the region of the Bardzkie Mountains. However, checking the assumptions required measuring the height in the field.
The first measurement Point Marcin Kilańczyk. Marcin placed the measure attached to the pole on the top of the tree and Agnieszka Ptak and Dominik Kopeć read the heights by applying the tape to the base of the trunk. First reading – 59.50 m² and euphoria in the team – crew members report on madrzew.com. Pulling out the height, the height after measurements that the trees are 59 meters and 40 centimeters.
Earlier name of the current measured tree in Poland continued Douglas fir growing in the Ujsoły Forest District in Beskid Żywiecki. According to measurements from September 2020, toys meters 58 meters and centimeters. It is one meter and twenty centimeters shorter than the current Lower Silesian record holder.