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General Sherman is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) tree located at an elevation of 2,109 m (6,919 ft) above sea level in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, in the U.S. state of California. By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth. [1]
General Grant tree, General Grant Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, 2007. Giant sequoias occur naturally in only one place on Earth—the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, on moist, unglaciated ridges and valleys [8] at an altitude of 1,500 to 2,400 meters (5,000 to 8,000 ft) above mean sea level.
The giant sequoia is listed as an endangered species by the IUCN with fewer than 80,000 remaining in its native California. The tree was introduced to the U.K. in 1853, and by now might have 5,000 mature trees growing there. The giant sequoia grow to an average height of 50–85 m (164–279 ft) with trunk diameters ranging from 6–8 m (20 ...
The General Grant tree is the largest giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) in the General Grant Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park in California, and the second largest giant sequoia tree in the world after the General Sherman tree. Once thought to be well over 2,000 years old, recent estimates suggest the General Grant tree is ...
Dominant tree species. Sequoiadendron giganteum. Mariposa Grove is a sequoia grove located near Wawona, California, United States, in the southernmost part of Yosemite National Park. It is the largest grove of giant sequoias in the park, with several hundred mature specimens. Two of its trees are among the 30 largest giant sequoias in the world.
Wawona Tunnel Tree, August 1962. The Wawona Tree, also known as the Wawona Tunnel Tree, was a famous giant sequoia that stood in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park, California, United States, until February 1969. It had a height of 227 feet (69 m) and was 26 feet (7.9 m) in diameter at the base. [2]
Redwood Mountain Grove is the largest grove of giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees on earth. [1] It is located in Kings Canyon National Park and Giant Sequoia National Monument on the western slope of California 's Sierra Nevada. The grove contains the world's tallest giant sequoia (95 metres (312 ft)). [2]
Hyperion is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in California that is the world's tallest known living tree, measuring 115.92 m (380.3 ft). [ 4 ] Hyperion was discovered on August 25, 2006, by naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor. [ 5 ] The tree was verified as standing 115.55 m (379.1 ft) tall by Stephen Sillett.