The Largest Living Tree in the World, General Sherman Tree, Sequoia NP 5-18
(1 in a multiple picture album)
This is the General Sherman Tree, the largest tree in the world. Enlarge to see the people standing at its base and you'll get some perspective.
Other trees are taller or wider, but none has the combined weight and width of this leviathan. The General Sherman Tree measures 103 feet around, and soars 275 feet into the blue Sierra sky—and it’s still growing. Every year it adds enough wood to make another 60-foot-tall tree.
Still can’t grasp the size? One branch of the General Sherman is so big—almost 7 feet in diameter—that if were a stand alone tree, it would be larger than most trees east of the Mississippi River.
The Largest Living Tree in the World, General Sherman Tree, Sequoia NP 5-18
(1 in a multiple picture album)
This is the General Sherman Tree, the largest tree in the world. Enlarge to see the people standing at its base and you'll get some perspective.
Other trees are taller or wider, but none has the combined weight and width of this leviathan. The General Sherman Tree measures 103 feet around, and soars 275 feet into the blue Sierra sky—and it’s still growing. Every year it adds enough wood to make another 60-foot-tall tree.
Still can’t grasp the size? One branch of the General Sherman is so big—almost 7 feet in diameter—that if were a stand alone tree, it would be larger than most trees east of the Mississippi River.