8. Coast Douglas-fir
Located in British Columbia, Canada stands the world’s largest recorded coast douglas fir that goes by the name of Red Creek Tree or Red Creek Fir; which is so much easier to remember (and pronounce, for that matter) than its scientific name: pseudotsuga menziesii. Yeah! Try saying that one five times really fast. Actually, try saying it just once! Even with the loss of some of its height due to a wind storm a number of years ago, it still manages to be the largest of its kind standing 242 feet tall and roughly 43 feet around with a total volume of 12,320 cubic feet! Kind of makes you wonder if it would have beat out some of these other trees had it stayed intact.
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