Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Magnificent Trees In The World

Giant Sequoias: General ShermanGiant Sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum), which only grow in Sierra Nevada, California, are the world’s biggest trees (in terms of volume). The biggest is General Sherman in the Sequoia National Park - one behemoth of a tree at 275 feet (83.8 m), over 52,500 cubic feet of volume (1,486 m³), and over 6000 tons in weight. General Sherman is approximately 2,200 years

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