One of the highest trees in the world of this type of Giant Sequoia has reached a height of 85 meters. He's expected to be between 2200 to 2700 years. The tree is named "General Sherman", is expected not only is one of the highest, but also a type of Sequoia is the largest in terms of its volume. In 2002 this tree ever measured the volume of 1487 cubic meters.
Sherman tree is located in Sequoia National Park in Visalia, California, so named 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 factor of the volume.
Measured from the dimensions, Sherman tree, indicating a greater every year. Diameter of 1.4 meters above the ground is 7.7 meters, diameter of 18 meters above the ground is 5.3 meters, diameter of 55 meters above the ground is 4.3 meters, and height of the first limb of the ground is about 40 meters.
Interestingly, the largest branch broken in 2006. Shaped like the letter "L" plunged from about a quarter of the height of the tree. Dahan has a diameter of 2 meters by 30 meters long and made to destroy the fence around it. Yet still the tree is still the largest living thing on earth that are still alive.
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