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Giant sequoia in Mariposa Grove, Yosemite National Park. This is a list of giant sequoia groves. All naturally occurring giant sequoia groves are located in the moist, unglaciated ridges and valleys of the western slope of the Sierra Nevada range in California, United States. They can be found at elevations between 1,400 and 2,400 m (4,593 and ...
The Giant Sequoias of California. Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office. Dilsaver, LM; Tweed, WC (1990). Challenge of the big trees:a resource history of Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (1st ed.). Three Rivers, California: Sequoia Natural History Association. ISBN 978-1-878441-00-3.
Placer County Big Trees Grove is a small, isolated giant sequoia grove located along Mosquito Ridge Road in the American River watershed of Tahoe National Forest, California. It is known for being the northernmost and furthest removed of all giant sequoia groves. The grove contains six old-growth giant sequoias, two of which are of considerable ...
Sequoia National Forest is located in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The U.S. National Forest is named for the majestic Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees which populate 38 distinct groves within the boundaries of the forest. The Giant Sequoia National Monument is located in the national
The General Grant tree is located in General Grant Grove, Kings Canyon National Park General Grant tree (June 2022). 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.
The Giant Forest, famed for its giant sequoia trees, is within the United States' Sequoia National Park. This montane forest , situated at over 6,000 ft (1,800 m) above mean sea level in the western Sierra Nevada of California , covers an area of 1,880 acres (7.6 km 2 ).
Converse Basin Grove is home to several notable giant sequoia trees, including the Boole Tree, the sixth largest of its kind in the world, and the Chicago Stump, the remains of the General Noble Tree which was cut down for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. Another notable tree in the grove is the Muir Snag, which is believed to have been ...
The largest tree in the grove, named after homesteader John Nelder who built a cabin near its base in 1875. It is the 22nd largest giant sequoia in the world. [4]: 89, 219 34,993 cubic feet (990.9 m 3) Forest King: This giant sequoia was cut down in 1870 and toured the United States as an exhibition tree. The stump was rediscovered in 2003.