The giant redwood Hyperion is the tallest living tree.
“Redwood must successfully endure fire in order to attain such great ages and thus it is perhaps not surprising that this species has many fire-resistant characteristics. In addition, fires appear to actually benefit redwood by causing substantial mortality in competing species while having only minor effects on redwood.”—Wikipedia
I read the entire thing without thinking about trees, but it makes sense. Fires are necessary for burning away forest...
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This is profound. Click on picture to enlarge.