General Sherman
It is the giant evergreen called the redwood. They are only found in the southern most 15 miles of Oregon and in the North of California. Its scientific name is Sequoia sempervirens,although it is often called a Coast Redwood or California Redwood. It is the only living species in the genus Sequoia, in the Cypress family.The huge tree found in California is the Giant Sequoia Tree.
The scientific name for giant sequoia is Sequoiadendron giganteum.
The largest tree in the Sierra Nevada range of California is the Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). The giant sequoia is in fact the largest tree in the world, in terms of total volume of wood.
The tree is the sequoia, a giant redwood.
The word "sequoia" is derived from the name of Sequoyah, a Cherokee silversmith and inventor of the Cherokee syllabary. The giant sequoia tree was named in his honor.
General Sherman is the name of a Giant Sequoia with a height of 83.8 metres he tree is located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in the United States, east of Visalia, California. The tree is believed to be between 2,300 and 2,700 years old.
We have both types of Sequoia in our garden in France,Sequoiadendron giganteum, Giant Sequoia and Sequoia sempervirens, Coast Redwood.Each of these trees is around 150 years old and we have named the house after them.
A big tree is a colloquial name for the giant sequoia, Latin name Sequoiadendron giganteum.
Sequoia National Park
The tree was named in honour of Sequoya, a Cherokee man who invented a system of writing his people's language. The Cherokee word is Sikwayi, a word of unknown origin
The big trees you can see in California are primarily the giant sequoias and coast redwoods. Giant sequoias, such as those found in Sequoia National Park, are among the largest trees by volume, while coast redwoods, found along the northern California coast, are the tallest trees on Earth. Both species are renowned for their impressive size and age, making them iconic symbols of California's natural beauty.
The largest plant on Earth is a tree called the Giant Sequoia. They are a tree native to the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountains, and grow an average of 165 to 280 feet tall, with a trunk diameter of 18 to 24 feet. The record holding Giant Sequoia is 311 feet tall, and the largest individual plant on Earth. The oldest known Giant Sequoia tree is 3,500 years old!