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  2. Sequoiadendron giganteum - Wikipedia

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    The giant sequoia is usually found in a humid climate characterized by dry summers and snowy winters. Most giant sequoia groves are on granitic-based residual and alluvial soils. The elevation of the giant sequoia groves generally ranges from 1,400–2,000 m (4,600–6,600 ft) in the north, to 1,700–2,150 metres (5,580–7,050 ft) to the south.

  3. List of largest giant sequoias - Wikipedia

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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 820 to 2,100 meters (2,700 to 6,900 ft) above mean sea level.

  4. General Sherman (tree) - Wikipedia

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    [14] [15] Another larger tree, the Crannell Creek Giant, a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) cut down in the mid-1940s near Trinidad, California, is estimated to have been 15–25% larger than the General Sherman Tree by volume. Similarly, the Mother of the Forest, another giant sequoia, may have historically been larger than General Sherman.

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    Ultimately, the roughly 275-foot-tall icon was spared, but other giant sequoias weren’t so lucky. Redwood Mountain Grove in neighboring Kings Canyon National Park “lost an estimated 974 to ...

  6. Column: In the land of giant sequoias, the largest tree in ...

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    A visitor communes with a giant Sequoia in Sequoia National Park. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times) For Jordan, the sequoias still are symbols of stability, serenity and perseverance.

  7. Sequoioideae - Wikipedia

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    The IUCN Red List Category & Criteria assesses Sequoia sempervirens as Endangered (A2acd), Sequoiadendron giganteum as Endangered (B2ab) and Metasequoia glyptostroboides as Endangered (B1ab). In 2024 it was reported that over a period of two years about one-fifth of all giant sequoias were destroyed in extreme wildfires in California. [19]

  8. Is world’s largest tree healthy? Check in on giant sequoia in ...

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    Even among trees within the Giant Forest at Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, the General Sherman is a standout. The giant sequoia is considered the largest known living tree on the planet ...

  9. Sequoiadendron - Wikipedia

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    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]

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