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Giant sequoia specimens are the most massive trees on Earth. [3] They are native to the groves on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California but have been introduced, planted, and grown around the world. The giant sequoia is listed as an endangered species by the IUCN with fewer than 80,000 remaining in its native ...
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 1,500 to 2,400 meters (5,000 to 8,000 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 scientists from Ancient Forest Society, along with other members of the Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition, are on the case, using drones, satellite imagery and tree-climbing inspections to greater ...
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 .
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]
List of largest living trees by species, ranked by trunk volume Species Trunk volume Tree name Location Country References and notes Cubic Meters Cubic Feet Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) 1,487 52,500 General Sherman: Sequoia National Park: United States [60] Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) 1,084.5 38,300 Grogan's Fault: Redwood ...
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