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The Nooksack Giant was a superlative
The Nooksack Giant was a superlative Coast Douglas-fir
''Pseudotsuga menziesii'' var. ''menziesii'', commonly known as Coast Douglas-fir, Pacific Douglas-fir, Oregon pine, or Douglas spruce, is an evergreen conifer native to western North America from west-central British Columbia, Canada southward t ...
(''Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii'') that grew at Loop's Ranch (now Alpenglow Farm) in Maple Falls
Maple Falls is a census-designated place (CDP) in Whatcom County, Washington, United States. The population was 324 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Maple Falls is located on the Mount Baker Highway, east of Bellingham, three miles east of a junct ...
in Washington
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* Washington (state), United States
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State. It was felled in the 1890s. The tree was measured with a tape after felling at tall, and in circumference. It produced more than 96,000 board feet
The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada. It equals the volume of a length of a board, one foot wide and thick.
Board foot can be abbreviated as FBM (for "foot, board measure" ...
of lumber. ''The New York Times'' regarded the tree in a March 7, 1897 issue as the "most magnificent fir tree ever beheld by human eyes" and called its destruction a "truly pitiable tale" and a "crime". '' The Morning Times'' of February 28, 1897 claimed that the wood, sawed into one-inch strips, would reach from " Whatcom he tree's locationto China".
See also
*List of tallest trees
This is a list of the tallest known species of trees, as reflected by measurements of the tallest reliably-measured individual specimen. Although giant trees grow in both tropical and temperate regions, they are very restricted geographically and ...
References
1890s in Washington (state) Whatcom County, Washington Individual trees in Washington (state) Individual Douglas firs {{Washington-stub