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Biddulph Grange Garden in Staffordshire holds a fine collection of both Sequoiadendron giganteum and Sequoia sempervirens (coast redwood). The General Sherman of California has a volume of 1,489 m 3 (52,600 cu ft); by way of comparison, the largest giant sequoias in Great Britain have volumes no greater than 90–100 m 3 (3,200–3,500 cu ft ...
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General Sherman tree, Giant Forest Grove, Sequoia National Park, 2007. The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is the world's most massive tree, [1] [2] and arguably the largest living organism on Earth. [3]
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 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.
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]
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 .