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List of superlative trees in Sweden. Oldest non-clonal pine, at least 747 years old. Formerly it was thought a pine in Muddus National Park was the oldest. Stoutest larch, 5.19 m. Stoutest and oldest juniper in Sweden, 2.8 m and about 600 years old. Tallest tree in Sweden, 49.5 m.
The General Sherman, a California giant sequoia, is the largest tree by volume. The world's superlative trees can be ranked by any factor. Records have been kept for trees with superlative height, trunk diameter (girth), canopy coverage, airspace volume, wood volume, estimated mass, and age.
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.
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.
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 ...
General Grant tree, General Grant Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, 2007. Giant sequoias occur naturally in only one place on Earth—the western slope of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in California, on moist, unglaciated ridges and valleys [8] at an altitude of 1,500 to 2,400 meters (5,000 to 8,000 ft) above mean sea level.
Height. 5 m (16 ft 5 in) Date seeded. c. 7550 BC. Old Tjikko[ a] is an approximately 9,566 years-old Norway spruce, located in the Dalarna province in Sweden. Old Tjikko originally gained fame as the "world's oldest tree". [ 1] Old Tjikko is, however, a clonal tree that has regenerated new trunks, branches and roots over millennia rather than ...
Redwood Mountain Grove. / 36.6938351°N 118.9189942°W / 36.6938351; -118.9189942. Redwood Mountain Grove is the largest grove of giant sequoia ( Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees 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.