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The largest trees are defined as having the highest wood volume in a single stem. These trees are both tall and large in diameter and, in particular, hold a large diameter high up the trunk. Measurement is very complex, particularly if branch volume is to be included as well as the trunk volume, so measurements have only been made for a small ...
While General Sherman is the largest currently living tree, it is not the largest historically recorded tree. The Lindsay Creek Tree, with more than 90,000 cubic feet (2,500 cubic meters) [13] almost twice the volume of General Sherman, was reported felled by a storm in 1905.
The Washington Tree (not listed above) was previously arguably the second largest tree with a volume of 1,354.96 m 3 (47,850 cu ft) (although the upper half of its trunk was hollow, making the calculated volume debatable), but after losing the hollow upper half of its trunk in January 2005 following a fire, it is no longer of exceptional size.
It's not the tallest or oldest tree in the world today, but it's the largest when measured by volume, at 52,000 cubic feet. ... The trees have been pretty good stewards of the planet, providing ...
In forestry, the largest trees are measured by the greatest volume of a single stem, regardless of species. In that case, the General Sherman Tree is the largest unitary (single-stem) tree. While many emphasize that Pando is the largest clonal organism, other large trees, including Redwoods can also reproduce via cloning. Pando being the ...
That title belongs to Hyperion, a coast redwood at Redwood National Park, according to Guinness World Records.But the General Sherman Tree is the largest by volume, with a trunk volume of 52,508 ...
The largest trees in the world by volume are all Giant Sequoias in Kings Canyon National Park. They have been previously reported by trunk volume as: General Sherman at 52,508 cubic feet (1,486.9 m 3); General Grant at 46,608 cubic feet (1,319.8 m 3); and President at 45,148 cubic feet (1,278.4 m 3).
The conifer division of plants includes the tallest organism, and the largest single-stemmed plants by wood volume, wood mass, and main stem circumference.The largest by wood volume and mass is the giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), native to Sierra Nevada and California; it grows to an average height of 70–85 m (230–279 ft) and 5–7 m (16–23 ft) in diameter. [1]
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