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NATURE & WILDLIFE · TALLEST & DEEPEST

Walk below the tallest flowering species.

Sherbrooke Forest · Dandenong Ranges

Mountain ash trees in Sherbrooke Forest

Photo: Haworthia Ihlathi / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Display cropped.

About this place

Mountain ash belongs to the world’s tallest flowering plant species. Sherbrooke offers a place to appreciate these forests.

The record

Comparison: Plant species: Eucalyptus regnans, rather than an individual tree in this forest.

We are not claiming the world’s tallest individual tree grows here.

Visiting

Choose an open, marked walk and read current park conditions.

Check the operator’s current access information before visiting. Occasion tags are editorial suggestions. They do not certify accessibility or opening hours.

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Sources

Sources checked 23 September 2026. A publisher’s claim is attributed; it is not a complete independent survey.