September
18
/ 2021
The largest measured tree in the world is a 275-foot (83.8 meter) sequoia known as General Sherman. Estimated at being 2,000 or 3,000 years old, the tree grows in the Sequoia National Park’s Giant Forest, in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California. It was one of a group of ancient sequoias that was this week wrapped in fire-proof blankets in a bid to protect them from the wildfires ripping across the Western U.S. A Strategic Fire War to Save the Ancients Sequoia National Park’s Giant Forest hosts five of the world's largest trees, including the General Sherman. The National Park Service registers the tree at 275 feet (84 meters) high with a ground level circumference of 103 feet
