Redwood Mountain Grove
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Redwood Mountain Grove
Redwood Mountain Grove is the largest grove of giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) on earth.[1] It is located in Kings Canyon National Park and Giant Sequoia National Monument on the western slope of California's Sierra Nevada. The grove contains the world's tallest giant sequoia (311 ft).[2] The Hart Tree and Roosevelt Tree, two of the 25 largest trees by volume in the world, grow here. The largest tree is the General Sherman Tree in the Giant Forest grove to the southeast.
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Noteworthy trees
Some of the trees found in the grove that are worthy of special note are:
- Roosevelt: the largest tree in the grove with a volume of over 35,000 cubic feet (990 m3).
- Hart: near the Roosevelt stands a very tall tree with a huge basal burn, this tree has a volume of around 34,500 cubic feet (980 m3).
- Unnamed Tree: Tallest giant sequoia at 311 feet (95 m).
See also
References
- ^ Mike White (2004). Kings Canyon National Park: A Complete Hiker's Guide. Wilderness Press. p. 51.
- ^ "Gymnosperm Database: Sequoiadendron giganteum". http://www.conifers.org/cu/se2/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-10. "The tallest known giant sequoia is a specimen 94.9 m tall, first measured August 1998 in the Redwood Mountain Grove, California"
External links
- "Redwood Mountain Grove". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:265353.
Coordinates: 36°41′38″N 118°55′08″W / 36.6938351°N 118.9189942°W
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