Quiz

[annpajess]

Hi
Any ideas on the following...Answer will also be tree related (Trees of the World) and is 2 words containing 5 letters and 8 letters

Worlds largest tree?

i.e. it's not any obvious ones that I can think of because they are 5 & 7 letters - coast redwood, giant sequoia

Many thanks

[Baldric]

http://www.monumentaltrees.com/en/trees/giantsequoia/biggest_tree_in_the_world/

[bookbinder]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Sherman_(tree)

[bibblebub]

giant ironwood ?? at least it's (5,8) if you don't get any others

[Baldric]

Don't think so

http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/threatenedspeciesapp/profile.aspx?id=10166

Giant Ironwood grows up to 30 m tall but, in NSW, most specimens are less than 8 m tall and consist of clumps of crooked trunks growing in dense patches.

[annpajess]

This clue could very easily be cryptic and not factual ?

[Baldric]

Possible setters error?

[bibblebub]

The answer needs to be (5,8) not (5,7) and, as annpajess has just said, it doesn't appear to be a straight question (because of the question mark).

[Baldric]

How many times have we seen setters errors, it does happen.

[annpajess]

There is actually no ? next to the clue ..... thats my doing, sorry
I think Mark, Giant Ironwood is the best answer so far... unless someone knows otherwise?

[annpajess]

If it is a setters error ...... its the only one in a 100 questions!

[Baldric]

Giant Ironwood, less than ½ the size of the giant sequoia.....
I give up!