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(Tree of undetermined species)Abies alba (European silver fir)Abies borisii-regis (Bulgarian fir)Abies cephalonica (Greek fir)Abies cilicica (Cilicia fir)Abies concolor (White fir)Abies firma (Momi fir)Abies grandis (Grand fir)Abies homolepis (Nikko fir)Abies koreana (Korean fir)Abies lasiocarpa (Rocky Mountain fir)Abies nordmanniana (Nordmann fir)Abies numidica (Algerian fir)Abies pinsapo (Spanish fir)Abies procera (Noble fir)Abies sibirica (Siberian fir)Abies veitchii (Veitch's silver fir)Abies × insignis (Hybrid silver fir)Abies × vilmorinii (A. xvilmorinii)Acacia melanoxylon (Australian blackwood)Acer campestre (Field maple)Acer cappadocicum (Cappadocian maple)Acer cissifolium (Vine-leafed maple)Acer hyrcanum (Balkan maple)Acer lobelii (Lobel's maple)Acer macrophyllum (Bigleaf maple)Acer monspessulanum (Montpellier maple)Acer negundo (Ashleaf maple)Acer opalus (Italian maple)Acer palmatum (Japanese maple)Acer platanoides (Norway maple)Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore maple)Acer rubrum (Red maple)Acer saccharinum (Silver maple)Acer saccharum (Sugar maple)Acer sempervirens (Cretan maple)Acer trautvetteri (Caucasian maple)Acer velutinum (Velvet maple)Acer × zoeschense (Zoeschen maple)Adansonia digitata (Baobab)Adansonia gregorii (Boab)Aesculus flava (Yellow buckeye)Aesculus hippocastanum (Horse-chestnut)Aesculus indica (Indian horse chestnut)Aesculus pavia (Red buckeye)Aesculus turbinata (Japanese horse chestnut)Aesculus × carnea (Red horse-chestnut)Afrocarpus falcatus (Sickle-leaved yellowwood)Agathis australis (New Zealand kauri)Agathis dammara (Borneo kauri)Agathis microstachya (Bull kauri)Ailanthus altissima (Tree of heaven)Alnus cordata (Italian alder)Alnus glutinosa (Black alder)Alnus incana (Grey alder)Alnus japonica (Japanese alder)Alnus rubra (Red alder)Alnus subcordata (Caucasian alder)Alnus viridis (Green alder)Alnus × spaethii (Spaeth's alder)Anacardium occidentale (Cashew)Aphananthe aspera (Muku tree)Aralia spinosa (Devil's walkingstick)Araucaria angustifolia (A. angustifolia)Araucaria araucana (Monkey-puzzle)Araucaria bidwillii (Bunya pine)Araucaria cunninghamii (Moreton Bay pine)Araucaria heterophylla (Norfolk island pine)Arbutus andrachne (Greek strawberry tree)Arbutus andrachnoides (A. andrachnoides)Argania spinosa (Argan)Betula albosinensis (Chinese red birch)Betula alleghaniensis (Yellow birch)Betula celtiberica (B. celtiberica)Betula lenta (Sweet birch)Betula maximowicziana (Monarch birch)Betula nigra (River birch)Betula papyrifera (Paper birch)Betula pendula (Silver birch)Betula platyphylla (Japanese white birch)Betula pubescens (Downy birch)Betula utilis (Himalayan birch)Brachystegia boehmii (B. boehmii)Broussonetia papyrifera (Paper mulberry)Buddleja davidii (Butterfly-bush)Buxus sempervirens (Box)Calocedrus decurrens (California Incense-cedar)Camellia japonica (Japanese camellia)Carica papaya (Papaya)Cariniana legalis (Jequitibá tree)Carpinus betulus (Common hornbeam)Carya cordiformis (Bitternut hickory)Carya glabra (Pignut hickory)Carya illinoinensis (Pecan)Carya laciniosa (Shellbark hickory)Carya ovata (Shagbark hickory)Carya tomentosa (Mockernut hickory)Castanea dentata (American chestnut)Castanea sativa (Sweet chestnut)Casuarina cunninghamiana (River sheoak)Catalpa bignonioides (Southern catalpa)Catalpa speciosa (Northern catalpa)Catalpa × erubescens (Hybrid catalpa)Cedrus atlantica (Atlas cedar)Cedrus deodara (Deodar cedar)Cedrus libani (Lebanon cedar)Ceiba pentandra (Kapok)Celtis australis (European nettle tree)Celtis integrifolia (African hackberry)Celtis occidentalis (Common hackberry)Ceratonia siliqua (G. ceratoniasiliqua)Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Katsura tree)Cercidiphyllum magnificum (C. magnificum)Cercis siliquastrum (Judas tree)Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Lawson's cypress)Chamaecyparis obtusa (Japanese cypress)Chamaecyparis pisifera (Sawara cypress)Chamaerops humilis (European fan palm)Cinnamomum camphora (Camphor tree)Cinnamomum glanduliferum (False camphor tree)Cladrastis kentukea (Kentucky yellowwood)Colophospermum mopane (Mopane)Cornus controversa (Table dogwood)Cornus glabrata (Brown dogwood)Cornus kousa (Kousa dogwood)Cornus mas (European cornel)Cornus sanguinea (Common dogwood)Corylus avellana (Common hazel)Corylus colurna (Turkish hazel)Coussapoa dealbata (Liana tree)Crataegus laevigata (Midland hawthorn)Crataegus monogyna (Common hawthorn)Cryptomeria japonica (Sugi)Cunninghamia lanceolata (Cunninghamia)Cupressus cashmeriana (Bhutan cypress)Cupressus lusitanica (Mexican cypress)Cupressus macrocarpa (Monterey cypress)Cupressus nootkatensis (Nootka cypress)Cupressus sempervirens (Mediterranean cypress)Cupressus × leylandii (Leyland cypress)Cydonia oblonga (Quince)Davidia involucrata (Dove tree)Delonix regia (Royal poinciana)Dicksonia antarctica (Soft tree fern)Dicksonia sellowiana (Xaxim tree fern)Diospyros lotus (Date-plum)Dracaena draco (Canary Islands dragon tree)Embothrium embothrium (E. embothrium)Enterolobium cyclocarpum (Guanacaste tree)Erythrina falcata (Brazilian coral tree)Eucalyptus camaldulensis (River red gum)Eucalyptus delegatensis (Alpine ash)Eucalyptus diversicolor (Karri)Eucalyptus globulus (Tasmanian blue gum)Eucalyptus grandis (Flooded gum)Eucalyptus gunnii (Cider gum)Eucalyptus jacksonii (Red tingle)Eucalyptus obliqua (Australian oak)Eucalyptus occidentalis (Swamp yate)Eucalyptus regnans (Mountain ash)Eucalyptus saligna (Sydney blue gum)Eucalyptus viminalis (Manna gum)Eucommia ulmoides (Eucommia)Euonymus europaeus (E. europaeus)Fagraea fragrans (Tembusu)Fagus grandifolia (American beech)Fagus orientalis (Oriental beech)Fagus sylvatica (European beech)Faidherbia albida (Winter thorn)Ficus benghalensis (Banyan)Ficus carica (Common fig)Ficus elastica (Rubber fig)Ficus macrophylla (Moreton Bay fig)Ficus microcarpa (Malay Banyan)Fitzroya cupressoides (Patagonian cypress)Fraxinus americana (White ash)Fraxinus angustifolia (Narrow-leafed ash)Fraxinus excelsior (Common ash)Fraxinus ornus (Manna ash)Fraxinus pennsylvanica (Green ash)Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo)Gleditsia triacanthos (Honey locust)Gymnocladus dioicus (Kentucky coffeetree)Hedera helix (Common ivy)Ilex aquifolium (European holly)Jacaranda mimosifolia (Blue jacaranda)Juglans ailantifolia (Japanese walnut)Juglans cinerea (Butternut)Juglans nigra (Eastern black walnut)Juglans regia (Persian walnut)Juglans × intermedia (Hybrid walnut)Juniperus chinensis (Chinese juniper)Juniperus communis (Common juniper)Juniperus excelsa (Greek juniper)Juniperus osteosperma (Utah juniper)Juniperus oxycedrus (Prickly juniper)Juniperus phoenicea (Phoenicean juniper)Juniperus thurifera (Spanish juniper)Juniperus virginiana (Eastern redcedar)Kalopanax septemlobus (Prickly castor oil tree)Kigelia africana (Sausage tree)Koelreuteria paniculata (Goldenrain tree)Koompassia excelsa (Tualang)Larix decidua (European larch)Larix gmelinii (Dahurian larch)Larix kaempferi (Japanese larch)Larix occidentalis (Western larch)Larix sibirica (Siberian larch)Laurelia sempervirens (Tihue)Laurus nobilis (Laurel)Liquidambar orientalis (Oriental sweetgum)Liquidambar styraciflua (American sweetgum)Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip tree)Livistona chinensis (Chinese fan palm)Maclura pomifera (Osage-orange)Magnolia acuminata (Cucumber tree)Magnolia grandiflora (Southern magnolia)Magnolia obovata (Japanese bigleaf magnolia)Magnolia tripetala (Umbrella magnolia)Magnolia × soulangeana (Saucer magnolia)Malus domestica (Apple tree)Malus floribunda (Japanese flowering crabapple)Malus sylvestris (European crab apple)Malus toringo (Toringo crabapple)Mespilus germanica (Common medlar)Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn redwood)Metrosideros excelsus (Pohutukawa tree)Morus alba (White mulberry)Morus nigra (Black mulberry)Nerium oleander (Oleander)Nothofagus dombeyi (Coihue)Nothofagus obliqua (Roble beech)Nyssa sylvatica (Black tupelo)Olea europaea (Olive tree)Ostrya carpinifolia (Hop hornbeam)Parkia biglobosa (Néré tree)Parrotia persica (Persian ironwood tree)Paulownia tomentosa (Empress tree)Persea americana (Avocado)Phellodendron amurense (Amur cork tree)Phoenix dactylifera (Date palm)Phytolacca dioica (Ombú)Picea abies (Norway spruce)Picea jezoensis (Jezo spruce)Picea mariana (Black spruce)Picea maximowiczii (Japanese bush spruce)Picea omorika (Serbian spruce)Picea orientalis (Caucasian spruce)Picea pungens (Colorado blue spruce)Picea sitchensis (Sitka spruce)Picea smithiana (Morinda spruce)Pinus balfouriana (Foxtail pine)Pinus bungeana (Lacebark pine)Pinus canariensis (Canary Island pine)Pinus caribaea (Caribbean pine)Pinus cembra (Swiss pine)Pinus contorta (Lodgepole pine)Pinus coulteri (Coulter pine)Pinus edulis (Colorado pinyon)Pinus flexilis (Limber pine)Pinus halepensis (Aleppo pine)Pinus heldreichii (Bosnian pine)Pinus jeffreyi (Jeffrey pine)Pinus longaeva (Bristlecone pine)Pinus montezumae (Montezuma pine)Pinus nigra (Black pine)Pinus occidentalis (Hispaniolan pine)Pinus oocarpa (Ocote pine)Pinus peuce (Macedonian pine)Pinus pinaster (Maritime pine)Pinus pinea (Stone pine)Pinus ponderosa (Ponderosa pine)Pinus radiata (Monterey pine)Pinus resinosa (Red pine)Pinus rigida (Pitch pine)Pinus strobus (Weymouth pine)Pinus sylvestris (Scots pine)Pinus wallichiana (Bhutan pine)Pistacia mutica (Mt. Atlas mastic tree)Platanus occidentalis (American sycamore)Platanus orientalis (Oriental plane)Platanus × hispanica (London plane)Platycladus orientalis (Chinese arborvitae)Populus alba (White poplar)Populus balsamifera (Ontario balsam poplar)Populus deltoides (Eastern cottonwood)Populus fremontii (Fremont cottonwood)Populus nigra (Black poplar)Populus simonii (Simon's poplar)Populus tremula (Eurasian aspen)Populus trichocarpa (Black cottonwood)Populus wilsonii (Wilson poplar)Populus yunnanensis (P. yunnanensis)Populus × berolinensis (Berlin poplar)Populus × canadensis (Canadian poplar)Populus × canescens (Grey poplar)Prunus avium (Wild cherry)Prunus domestica (Cultivated plum)Prunus dulcis (Almond tree)Prunus laurocerasus (Cherry-laurel)Prunus mahaleb (St. Lucie cherry)Prunus padus (Bird cherry)Prunus serotina (Black cherry)Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn)Pseudolarix amabilis (Golden larch)Pseudotsuga menziesii (Coast Douglas-fir)Pterocarpus indicus (Pashu padauk)Pterocarya fraxinifolia (Caucasian wingnut)Pterocarya stenoptera (Chinese wingnut)Pyrus calleryana (P. calleryana)Pyrus communis (European pear)Pyrus nivalis (Snow pear)Pyrus pyraster (European wild pear)Quercus alba (White oak)Quercus bicolor (Swamp white oak)Quercus castaneifolia (Chestnut-leaved oak)Quercus cerris (Turkey oak)Quercus coccinea (Scarlet oak)Quercus faginea (Portuguese oak)Quercus falcata (Southern red oak)Quercus frainetto (Hungarian oak)Quercus hybride (Hybrid oak)Quercus ilex (Holm oak)Quercus imbricaria (Shingle oak)Quercus kelloggii (California black oak)Quercus libani (Lebanon oak)Quercus lobata (Valley oak)Quercus macranthera (Caucasian oak)Quercus macrocarpa (Bur oak)Quercus macrolepis (Valonia oak)Quercus miyagii (Q. miyagii)Quercus pagoda (Cherrybark oak)Quercus palustris (Pin oak)Quercus pedunculiflora (Q. pedunculiflora)Quercus petraea (Sessile oak)Quercus phellos (Q. phellos)Quercus prinus (Chestnut oak)Quercus pubescens (Downy oak)Quercus pyrenaica (Pyrenean oak)Quercus robur (Pedunculate oak)Quercus rotundifolia (Holm oak)Quercus rubra (Northern red oak)Quercus serrata (Konara)Quercus suber (Cork oak)Quercus velutina (Eastern black oak)Quercus virgiliana (Q. virgiliana)Quercus virginiana (Southern live oak)Quercus × hickelii (Q. xhickelii)Quercus × hispanica (Spanish oak)Quercus × libanerris (Q. xlibanerris)Quercus × morisii (Q. xmorisii)Quercus × rosacea (Q. xrosacea)Quercus × subglaucescens (Q. cerrioides)Quercus × turneri (Turner's oak)Rhamnus catharticus (Common buckthorn)Rhamnus frangula (Alder buckthorn)Rhododendron arboreum (Tree rhododendron)Robinia pseudoacacia (Black locust)Salix alba (White willow)Salix atrocinerea (Grey willow)Salix babylonica (Weeping willow)Salix caprea (Goat willow)Salix × fragilis (Crack willow)Salix × sepulcralis (Weeping willow)Samanea saman (Rain tree)Sambucus nigra (Elder)Sassafras albidum (Sassafras)Schinus molle (Peruvian pepper tree)Sciadopitys verticillata (Japanese Umbrella-pine)Sequoia sempervirens (Coast redwood)Sequoiadendron giganteum (Giant sequoia)Shorea faguetiana (Yellow meranti)Sorbus aria (Common whitebeam)Sorbus aucuparia (European rowan)Sorbus domestica (True service tree)Sorbus intermedia (Swedish whitebeam)Sorbus torminalis (Wild service tree)Styphnolobium japonicum (Pagoda tree)Tabebuia rosea (Pink poui)Tamarindus indica (Tamarind)Tamarix aphylla (T. aphylla)Tamarix ramosissima (Pink tamarisk)Taxodium distichum (Bald cypress)Taxodium distichum imbricatum (Pond cypress)Taxodium mucronatum (Montezuma cypress)Taxus baccata (Yew)Thuja occidentalis (Northern whitecedar)Thuja plicata (Western redcedar)Thujopsis dolabrata (Asunaro tree)Tilia americana (American linden)Tilia cordata (Small-leaved lime)Tilia miqueliana (Miquel's lime)Tilia mongolica (Mongolian lime)Tilia platyphyllos (Large-leaved lime)Tilia tomentosa (Silver lime)Tilia × euchlora (Caucasian lime)Tilia × europaea (Common lime)Toona sinensis (Chinese toon)Torreya californica (California torreya)Trachycarpus fortunei (Chusan palm)Trachycarpus martianus (Martius' fan palm)Trochodendron aralioides (Wheel tree)Tsuga canadensis (Eastern hemlock)Tsuga heterophylla (Western hemlock)Tsuga mertensiana (Mountain hemlock)Ulmus glabra (Wych elm)Ulmus laevis (European white elm)Ulmus minor (Field elm)Ulmus procera (English elm)Ulmus pumila (Siberian elm)Ulmus villosa (U. villosa)Ulmus × hollandica (Dutch elm)Viburnum rhytidophyllum (Leatherleaf viburnum)Washingtonia filifera (California fan palm)Washingtonia robusta (Mexican fan palm)Wollemia nobilis (Wollemia)Yucca brevifolia (Joshua tree)Zelkova carpinifolia (Caucasian zelkova)Zelkova serrata (Japanese zelkova)

Girth

In this table of girth records in the Middle East only girth measurements made at a height between 1.30 m and 1.50 m are listed. Trees with multiple trunks are excluded.
Of course this inventory contains only tree records as far as they are registered on this site.

Nr	Tree species	Girth	Location	Measurement	Year
1	Olea europaea (Olive tree)	>4.00 m	Gethsemane, Jerusalem, Israel	Tim B	2011

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Height

There are no reliable height measurements in the Middle East available yet.

Age

In this table of age estimates and measurements in the Middle East are shown. Of course this inventory contains only age records as far as they are registered on this site.

Nr	Tree species	Age	Location	Measurement	Year
1	Platanus orientalis (Oriental plane)	1013 ± 10 y	Subatan Plateau, Salihli, Turkey	esrikgemi	2011
2	Ficus macrophylla (Moreton Bay fig)	53 ± 10 y	Kibbutz Ein Gedi, Ein Gedi, Israel	Tim B	2012
3	Cedrus libani (Lebanon cedar)	8 y	Antalya elmal, Elmalı, Turkey	EmreKuzu	2011

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