'' Eucalyptus regnans '' is the tallest of all flowering plants , and possibly the tallest of all plants , although no living specimens can make that claim . The tallest measured living specimen , named Centurion , stands tall in Tasmania . Before the discovery of Centurion , the tallest known specimen was Icarus Dream , which was rediscovered in Tasmania in January , 2005 and is high . It was first measured by surveyors at in 1962 but the documentation had been lost . A total of 16 living trees in Tasmania have been reliably measured in excess of . The Cumberland Scenic Reserve near Cambarville , became the site of Victoria 's tallest trees , in 1939 , including one measured at high , following the extensive Black Friday bushfires . A severe storm in 1959 blew down 13 of the trees and the tallest tree was reduced to a height of after it lost part of its crown . The height of this tree was cited as in 2002 following further storm damage in 1973 . In 2000 , a tree at Wallaby Catchment in Kinglake National Park was discovered to be tall in 2000 , however it perished in the Black Saturday bushfires of 2009
Black Saturday bushfires
Black Saturday bushfires
Eucalyptus regnans