Researchers Enlist Public To Help Find Taiwan's Top 10 Tallest Trees

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An article entitled “The Journey of Finding the Tallest Tree in Formosa Taiwan” has been published in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. The project was completed with the help of the public poring through tens of thousands of images to find giant trees across Taiwan. The findings identify the country's 10 largest trees, some of which are among the tallest known in East Asia. The giant Taiwania fir "Heaven's Sword" stands over 84 meters tall in central Taiwan.

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00:00A thesis exploring the giant trees of Taiwan has been recognized by one of the world's largest and most impactful

00:06research publishers.

00:40The study by the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute and National Chenggong University called The Journey of Finding the Tallest Tree

00:48in Formosa, Taiwan, was published in Frontiers in Forest and Global Change.

00:52The project was completed with the help of the public, poring through tens of thousands of images to find giant

00:58trees across the country.

01:00The findings identified the top ten largest trees in Taiwan, among them the tallest known in East Asia.

01:06The giant Taiwania fur, named the Heaven Sword, stands over 84 meters tall in central Taiwan.

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