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2. Sequoia sempervirens - Wikipedia

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   Common names include coast redwood, coastal redwood and California redwood. It is an evergreen , long-lived, monoecious tree living 1,200–2,200 years or more. [4] This species includes the tallest living trees on Earth, reaching up to 115.9 m (380.1 ft) in height (without the roots ) and up to 8.9 m (29 ft) in diameter at breast height .

3. Sequoiadendron giganteum - Wikipedia

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   Sequoiadendron giganteum, also known as the giant sequoia, giant redwood or Sierra redwood is a coniferous tree, classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae. Giant sequoia specimens are the most massive trees on Earth. [3] They are native to the groves on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range of ...

4. Sequoioideae - Wikipedia

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   The three redwood subfamily genera are Sequoia from coastal California and Oregon, Sequoiadendron from California's Sierra Nevada, and Metasequoia in China. The redwood species contains the largest and tallest trees in the world. These trees can live for thousands of years.

5. Hyperion (tree) - Wikipedia

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   Hyperion is a coast redwood ( Sequoia sempervirens) in California that is the world's tallest known living tree, measuring 115.92 m (380.3 ft). [4] Hyperion was discovered on August 25, 2006, by naturalists Chris Atkins and Michael Taylor. [5] The tree was verified as standing 115.55 m (379.1 ft) tall by Stephen Sillett.

6. Chandelier Tree - Wikipedia

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   The Chandelier Tree in Drive-Thru Tree Park [1] is a 276-foot (84 m) tall coast redwood tree in Leggett, California with a 6-foot-wide (1.8 m) by 6-foot-9-inch-high (2.06 m) hole [2] cut through its base to allow a car to drive through. Its base measures 16 ft (4.9 m) diameter at breast height (chest-high).

7. General Sherman (tree) - Wikipedia

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   1,487 m 3 (52,500 cu ft) Date seeded. 700 - 300 BC. General Sherman is a giant sequoia ( Sequoiadendron giganteum) tree located at an elevation of 2,109 m (6,919 ft) above sea level in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, in the U.S. state of California. By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth.