Smithsonian Magazine reports
A newly discovered cypress growing in Tibet is now the tallest known tree in Asia, towering 335 feet above the forest floor in the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon Nature Reserve.
Scientists stumbled upon the gigantic specimen—a Himalayan cypress (Cupressus torulosa)—in May, according to a statement from Peking University. For comparison, the cypress is taller than the Statue of Liberty, which is 305 feet tall, as Lydia Smith notes for Live Science.
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