One of the highest trees in the world of this type of Giant Sequoia has reached a height of 85 meters. His age is estimated between 2200 to 2700 years. This tree is named "General Sherman", is expected not only is one of the highest, but also a kind of Sequoia is the largest in terms of volume. In 2002 this tree ever measured volume of 1487 cubic meters a.
Sherman Tree is located in Sequoia National Park in Visalia, California, so named is named after the American Civil War veteran General William Tecumseh Sherman. James Wolverton a lieutenant in the 9th Indiana Cavalry under the command of Sherman named this tree with the name of his boss in 1879. This tree has actually been awarded the title as the largest since 1931 seen from the volume factor.
Measured from the dimensions, this indicates Sherman tree becomes larger each year. Diameter 1.4 meters above the ground is 7.7 meters, a diameter of 18 meters above the ground is 5.3 meters, a diameter of 55 meters above the ground is 4.3 meters, and the height of the first branch of the land is approximately 40 meters.
Interestingly, the biggest limb fractures in 2006. Shaped like the letter "L" plunged from roughly a quarter of the height of the tree. Dahan has a diameter of 2 meters with a length of 30 meters and destroyed the fence around it made. Yet still the tree is still the largest living things on earth that are still alive.
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