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  2. List of largest giant sequoias - Wikipedia

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    The Hazelwood Tree (not listed above) had a volume of 1,025.86 m 3 (36,228 cu ft) before losing half its trunk in a lightning storm in 2002, if it were still at full size it would currently be the 17th largest giant sequoia on earth. The largest giant sequoia killed at the hands of man was the Discovery Tree at Calaveras Grove, which was cut ...

  3. General Sherman (tree) - Wikipedia

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    Date seeded. between 700 BC and 300 BC. 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.

  4. General Grant (tree) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Sequoiadendron giganteum - Wikipedia

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    Sequoiadendron giganteum, also known as the giant sequoia, giant redwood or Sierra redwood is a coniferous tree, classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae. Giant sequoia specimens are the most massive trees on Earth. [3] They are native to the groves on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range of ...

  6. Grizzly Giant - Wikipedia

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    The Grizzly Giant is the oldest sequoia in the Mariposa Grove, [1] the largest giant sequoia grove in Yosemite National Park, with several hundred mature specimens. At one time, the Grizzly Giant was considered the oldest and largest tree in the world, [2] aged between 2,000 and 3,000 years. In 2019, refined scientific dating methods resulted ...

  7. President (tree) - Wikipedia

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    The President is a giant sequoia located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in the United States, east of Visalia, California. It is approximately 247 feet (75 m) high, and 27 feet (8.2 m) in diameter at the base. The President is currently recognised as the second-largest tree in the world, [1] measured by overall volume of wood ...

  8. Methuselah (sequoia tree) - Wikipedia

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    The Methuselah Tree is a giant sequoia located in Mountain Home State Forest, a sequoia grove located in Sequoia National Forest in the Sierra Nevada in eastern California. It is the 28th largest giant sequoia in the world, and could be considered the 27th largest depending on how badly Ishi Giant atrophied during the Rough Fire in 2015. [1][2]

  9. Stagg (tree) - Wikipedia

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    It is the fifth largest tree in the world and the tallest giant sequoia south of Lincoln in Sequoia National Park. Stagg features the second largest footprint of any living giant sequoia, measuring 109 ft (33 m) in circumference at ground level, and second only to Boole. The tree is believed to be over 3,000 years old, making it one of the ...