the biggest tree

THE BIGGEST TREE...........

the general sherman is a giant sequoia tree located in the giant forest of sequoia national park in tulare country, calofornia.by the volume it is the largest known living single stem tree on earth the general sherman tree is neither the tallest known living tree on earth (that distincion belongs to the hyperion tree, a coast redwood), nor is it the widest (both the largest cypress and largest baobab have a greater diameter), nor is it the oldest known living tree on earth (that distinction belongs to the methuselah tree, a great basinbristlecone pine) with a height of 83.8 metres (275 ft), a diameter of 7.7 metres (25 ft), an estimated bole volume of 1,487 cubic metres (52,513 cu ft), and an estimated age of 2,300–2,700 years,it is among the tallest, widest and longest-lived of all trees on the planet.