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The first giant sequoia felled for exhibition, this 1,200-year-old, 280-foot tree required a crew of 25 men and 10 days of drilling to bring down. Sections of the tree were displayed in San Francisco and New York City , attracting large crowds and playing a significant role in raising awareness about giant sequoias. [ 5 ]
The Hart Tree is a Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) tree within the Redwood Mountain Grove, [1] in the Sierra Nevada and Fresno County, California. [2] The Redwood Mountain Grove is protected within Kings Canyon National Park and the Giant Sequoia National Monument .
Tuolumne Grove is a giant sequoia grove located near Crane Flat in Yosemite National Park, at the southeastern edge of the Tuolumne River watershed. [1] It is about 16 miles (26 km) west of Yosemite Village on Tioga Pass Road. The grove contains many conifers, including a few Sequoiadendron giganteum as well as Abies concolor and Pinus lambertiana.
The Discovery Tree, also known as The Mammoth Tree was a Sequoiadendron giganteum tree located in Calaveras Grove, California. In 1852, A.T. Dowd found a grove in the Sierra Nevada ; the trees in the grove were believed to be the first giant sequoia trees to be discovered, though some earlier reports of giant sequoias were reported. [ 1 ]
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 .
Nelder Grove, located in the western Sierra Nevada within the Sierra National Forest in Madera County, California, is a Giant sequoia grove that was formerly known as Fresno Grove. The grove is a 1,540-acre (6.2 km 2 ) tract containing 60 mature Giant Sequoia ( Sequoiadendron giganteum ) trees, the largest concentration of giant sequoias in the ...
The giant sequoia is considered the largest known living tree on the planet and also one of the tallest, widest and longest-lived (estimated at 2,000+ years old). It is more than 100 feet around ...
Giant Sequoia groves — old growth forest groves of Sequoiadendron giganteum, an endemic tree of the western Sierra Nevada, found in central-eastern California For Sequoia sempervirens groves on the California coast, see Category: Coast redwood groves .