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By Spooky | 14 CommentsLeave a Comment
Last updated: Monday, April 21, 2008

It may not be the tallest tree in the world, but it’s is definitely the largest by volume.

General Sherman is a 2300-2700 year old sequoia tree located in the Giant Forest of the Sequoia National Park, near Visalia, California. In 2002 the volume of its trunk measured about 1487 cubic meters and it was identified as the largest in the world after a close fight with the nearby General Grant tree, after which wood volume was accepted as the determining factor. It’s not short either, it reaches 275 feet in height.

It was named after general William Tecumesh Sherman, the American Civil War leader, by naturalist James Wolverton in 1879.

Another interesting thing about the Sherman tree is that because of it’s extremely large volume it is also the largest known single organism by volume.

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14 comments
  1. Maureen
    April 24, 2008

    This tree must have around since the dawn of time!

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  2. erica
    April 28, 2008

    ooooooooh my gosh thats big tree

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  3. erica
    April 28, 2008

    imstuck………i cant belive it

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  4. saajan
    April 29, 2008

    world biggest tree

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  5. Procer
    May 28, 2008

    That’s not the biggest tree in the world, it may be the second by far. The biggest tree is in “Isla Victoria” island in Argentina. Actually the tree is the whole island.

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  6. SequoiaSara
    August 19, 2008

    No, the General Sherman is the biggest tree in the world by volume. Google it.

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  7. nonhlanhla
    October 9, 2008

    I’m really stunned is this tree for real

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  8. haley
    October 22, 2008

    these trees are so huge

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  9. haley
    October 22, 2008

    i cant beleive it

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  10. TERRYTREEMAN
    November 18, 2008

    I LOVE TREES

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  11. aa
    January 1, 2009

    dumb tree

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  12. susan
    January 8, 2009

    thats not the BIGGEST tree on the world i thing its the FATTEST tree on the world if you look arund there are big trees also

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  13. Viki
    January 26, 2009

    I cant even begin how to describe this tree. As a matter of fact I dont even think there r any words 2 describe it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  14. Glen Woodcutter
    March 25, 2009

    Terrytreeman you are a Geek!

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