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Sequoiadendron giganteum (also known as the giant sequoia, giant redwood, Sierra redwood or Wellingtonia) is a species of coniferous tree, classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae. Giant sequoia specimens are the most massive trees on Earth. [3]
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General Sherman tree, Giant Forest Grove, Sequoia National Park, 2007. The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is the world's most massive tree, [1] [2] and arguably the largest living organism on Earth. [3]
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.
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]
Sequoiadendron is a genus of evergreen trees, with three species, only one of which survives to the present: [1] Sequoiadendron giganteum , extant , commonly known as wellingtonia, giant redwood and giant sequoia, [ 2 ] growing naturally in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California [ 3 ]
Sequoiadendron giganteum 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 ).
Individual named Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees, in the western Sierra Nevada of California For named coastal Sequoia sempervirens trees, see Category: Individual coast redwood trees .