What are the fastest and largest trees in the world?
Some may say bamboo…as some species can grow 3 ft. per day. That’s incredibly fast growth for any plant but technically bamboo is a member of the grass family. Eastern cottonwood, Populus deltoides, is probably the fastest growing tree in North America. In Mississippi River bottoms, height growth of 10-15 ft per year for a few years are possible. Sustained height growth of 5 ft. height growth and 1 in. diameter growth per year for 25 years is common. Coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens, is the fastest growing gymnosperm tree in the world. Open-grown trees may grow 4-6 ft per year in height in the age range of 4-10 years, and 2 ft per year for at least 30 years. Other fast growing species include willows, Salix spp., other bottomland species such as American sycamore, Platanus occidentalis, and several pines, Pinus spp. Domesticated trees Acacia falcata. A tree planted in Sabah, Malaysia, grew 35 ft. 3 in in 13 months, or an average of 1.1 inches in height per day. Fast growing tropic
