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RE: The biggest tree in the world “General Sherman”
@ervin-lemark, because of its size, they think it’s a 1000 years older than the other giant sequoias. They planted a giant Sequoia downtown around 80 years ago and it doesn’t look much different than a lot of trees in the area. I think it’s around 60 feet tall. Who really knows, but I would like to go back in a time machine and see the baby giant Sherman.
Me too :)
They estimate its age up to 2700 years -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Sherman_(tree)
Impressive :)
Let me know when you want me to drive you up there.
Great and thanks for the offer. I will tell you well in advance when I will be near :)
The Sherman isn’t too far from Moro Rock. The Rocks are bigger than the tree around here.
. The bigger trees to the left of Moro Rock are Giant Sequoias
We can rent a passenger van and take our families together. I will start running on a regular schedule so we can go for a few runs while you visit the area.
General Sherman (tree)
General Sherman is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, in the U.S. state of California. By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth.While the General Sherman is the largest currently living tree, it is not the largest historically-recorded tree. The Crannell Creek Giant, a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) near Trinidad, California, is estimated to have been 15 to 25% larger than the General Sherman tree by volume. That tree was cut down in the mid-1940s.