El Grande (tree)

While it was not the tallest tree in Australia, it was considered to be the largest in terms of volume,[1] and the world's biggest-stemmed flowering plant.

[2] Approximately 350 years old,[3] it was burned in April 2003, and died in December 2003, as the result of catching fire in a burn-off of the debris remaining after the clear-felling of old-growth forest in the tree's immediate vicinity.

[6] The death of the tree, which had already been used as a symbol in the Wilderness Society's campaign against logging, brought national and international media attention.

[7] Scrutiny intensified the use of Tasmania's forests for wood chip exportation, and the processes involved.

[8] In the later half of 2003, Forestry Tasmania decided to remove individual names from the state's giant trees, but later relented.