- The coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is the tallest living tree species, with a record height of 380.3 feet (115.92 meters) for a specimen named Hyperion in Redwood National Park, California.
- The mountain ash (Eucalyptus regnans) is the tallest flowering plant and the second tallest tree species, with a record height of 329.7 feet (100.5 meters) for a specimen named Centurion in Tasmania, Australia.
- The Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) is the third tallest tree species and the tallest conifer outside California, with a record height of 329 feet (100.2 meters) for a specimen in Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California.
- The coast Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii) is the fourth tallest tree species and the second tallest conifer in North America, with a record height of 327 feet (99.7 meters) for a specimen named Doerner Fir in Oregon.
- The yellow meranti (Shorea faguetiana) is the tallest tropical tree and the fifth tallest tree species, with a record height of 325 feet (99 meters) for a specimen named Menara in Sabah, Malaysia on Borneo island.
- The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is the most massive tree species and the sixth tallest tree species, with a record height of 316 feet (96.3 meters) for an unnamed specimen in Sequoia National Forest, California.
- The southern blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus) is the seventh tallest tree species and the second tallest flowering plant, with a record height of 298 feet (90.7 meters) for a specimen named Neeminah Loggerale Meena or Mother and Daughter in Tasmania, Australia.
- The noble fir (Abies procera) is the eighth tallest tree species and the third tallest conifer in North America, with a record height of 295 feet (89.9 meters) for an unnamed specimen in Washington.
- The manna gum (Eucalyptus viminalis) is the ninth tallest tree species and the third tallest flowering plant, with a record height of 292 feet (89 meters) for a specimen named White Knight in Tasmania, Australia.
- The Dinizia excelsa is the tenth tallest tree species and the second tallest tropical tree, with a record height of 290 feet (88.5 meters) for an unnamed specimen in Brazil.
- The brown top stringbark (Eucalyptus obliqua) is the eleventh tallest tree species and the fourth tallest flowering plant, with a record height of 290 feet (88.5 meters) for a specimen named Princess Picabella in Tasmania, Australia.
- The alpine ash (Eucalyptus delegatensis) is the twelfth tallest tree species and the fifth tallest flowering plant, with a record height of 288 feet (87.9 meters) for an unnamed specimen in Tasmania, Australia.
- The mengaris (Koompassia excelsa) is the thirteenth tallest tree species and the third tallest tropical tree, with a record height of 281.4 feet (85.76 meters) for a specimen named Pontiankak Putih Cantik in Sabah on Borneo island.
- The mountain grey gum (Eucalyptus cypellocarpa) is the fourteenth tallest tree species and the sixth tallest flowering plant, with a record height of 278.9 feet (85 meters) for an unnamed specimen in Victoria, Australia.
- The Shorea argentifolia is the fifteenth tallest tree species and the fourth tallest tropical tree, with a record height of 278.4 feet (84.85 meters) for an unnamed specimen in Sabah on Borneo island.
- The Shining gum (Eucalyptus nitens) is the sixteenth tallest tree species and the seventh tallest flowering plant, with a record height of 273 feet (83.2 meters) for an unnamed specimen in Victoria, Australia.
- The Swamp gum or Tasmanian blue gum (Eucalyptus globulus subsp. globulus) is the seventeenth tallest tree species and the eighth tallest flowering plant, with a record height of 269 feet (82 meters) for an unnamed specimen in Tasmania, Australia.
- The Shorea smithiana is the eighteenth tallest tree species and the fifth tallest tropical tree, with a record height of 267 feet (81.5 meters) for an unnamed specimen in Sabah on Borneo island.
- The Shorea superba is the nineteenth tallest tree species and the sixth tallest tropical tree, with a record height of 265 feet (80.8 meters) for an unnamed specimen in Sabah on Borneo island.
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