but the magnificent trees of the Sierra Nevada couldn't be called Sequoia, they were just too different. Both redwoods were superlative - one the tallest tree in the world and one the largest, but ...

This story appears in the December 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a gentle slope above a trail junction in Sequoia National Park, about 7,000 feet above sea level in the southern ...

General Sherman, a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron ... consider these remarkable facts : ・Its trunk weighs an estimated 1,385 tons ・The tree’s largest branch has a diameter of nearly 7 feet ...

Called the Nations Christmas Tree you will not believe how big and beautiful this giant Sequoia tree is. Location - General Grant Grove in Kings Canyon National Park, California Nickname - The ...

Here’s how to plan your visit. Standing at 275 feet tall, giant sequoia tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum) General Sherman is Sequoia National Park's 'King of the Forest'. Photograph by Visit ...

Luke’s chose to spend $300K to move the iconic sequoia as a feel-good story to ... cutting it down would have irked people even more. Tree experts, such as the Environmental Design group from ...