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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]
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.
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 ]
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 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]
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 ).
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.
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 .