Researchers Enlist Public To Help Find Taiwan's Top 10 Tallest Trees｜TaiwanPlus News

Why It Matters

The study demonstrates the power of citizen science to aid conservation and forest management while pinpointing iconic trees that may become priorities for protection and ecological monitoring. Accurate mapping of these giants informs biodiversity preservation, climate resilience planning, and potential tourism and cultural heritage value.

Summary

A collaborative study by the Taiwan Forestry Research Institute and National Cheng Kung University, published in Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, mapped Taiwan’s tallest trees using tens of thousands of publicly submitted images. Citizen scientists helped identify the country’s top 10 largest trees, culminating in the discovery of The Heaven Sword, an 84-meter Taiwania fir in central Taiwan that is the tallest known tree in East Asia. The research combined field verification with crowdsourced photographic analysis to locate and document these giant specimens. The findings provide a verified inventory of Taiwan’s largest trees and highlight the scale of its old-growth forest resources.

Original Description

An article entitled “The Journey of Finding the Tallest Tree in Formosa Taiwan” has been published in the journal Frontiers in Forests and Global Change. The project was completed with the help of the public poring through tens of thousands of images to find giant trees across Taiwan. The findings identify the country's 10 largest trees, some of which are among the tallest known in East Asia. The giant Taiwania fir "Heaven's Sword" stands over 84 meters tall in central Taiwan.

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