The Doerner Fir, also known as the Brummitt Fir, is a former record-setting
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'') in
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
, and is one of the tallest known trees in the world which is not a
redwood
Sequoioideae, commonly referred to as redwoods, is a subfamily of Pinophyta, coniferous trees within the family (biology), family Cupressaceae, that range in the Northern Hemisphere, northern hemisphere. It includes the List of superlative tree ...
(''Sequoioideae''), at .
The Doerner Fir was previously measured in 1991 at tall but had lost as of the latest measurement, in 2022.
The tree grows in a
Bureau of Land Management
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(BLM) forest in
Coos County. 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.
See also
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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 ...
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List of individual trees
The following is a list of individual trees. Trees listed here are regarded as important or specific by their historical, national, locational, natural or mythological context. The list includes actual trees located throughout the world, as we ...
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List of superlative trees
The world's superlative trees can be ranked by any factor. Records have been kept for trees with superlative height, trunk diameter (girth), canopy coverage, airspace volume, wood volume, estimated mass, and age.
Tallest
The heights of the ...
References
External links
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Coos County, Oregon
Individual trees in Oregon
Individual Douglas firs
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