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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 specimen known to have the greatest diameter at breast height is the General Grant tree at 8.8 m (28.9 ft). Giant sequoias are among the oldest living organisms on Earth. The oldest known giant sequoia is 3,200–3,266 years old. Wood from mature giant sequoias is fibrous and brittle; trees would often shatter after they were felled.
Sequoia sempervirens (/ s ə ˈ k w ɔɪ. ə ˌ s ɛ m p ər ˈ v aɪ r ən z /) [3] is the sole living species of the genus Sequoia in the cypress family Cupressaceae (formerly treated in Taxodiaceae). Common names include coast redwood, coastal redwood and California redwood. It is an evergreen, long-lived, monoecious tree living 1,200 ...
In a rare move, the base of General Sherman, the largest tree in the world by volume at 275 feet tall and more than 36 feet wide, and other sequoias in Sequoia National Park's Giant Forest have ...
The Big Limb Tree Atwell Mill Grove, Sequoia National Park, California [117] Za (Adansonia za) 2.7 9 The Ampanihy Baobab north of Morombe, Madagascar [54] Thickest limb on a dicot African baobab (Adansonia digitata) 2.4 8 The Big Tree Messina Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa [118] [119] Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) 2.1 7 ...
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.
What is so special about Sequoia National Park? Sequoia protects some of the largest trees in the world and a wide array of habitats. “I would say the most special feature is that you enter at ...
It was the second largest tree in the Converse Basin Grove, only surpassed by the Boole Tree, and was listed among the top 30 largest trees by volume worldwide prior to its felling. [3] [4] The tree, named after Secretary of the Interior John Willock Noble, was situated just outside the borders of Sequoia National Park.