which is the biggest tree of world?

Answer 1

Sequoia is a genus in the cypress family Cupressaceae, containing the single living species Sequoia sempervirens. Common names include Coast Redwood and California Redwood (it is one of three species of trees known as redwoods). It is an evergreen, long-lived, monoecious tree living for up to 2,000 years, and is commonly considered the tallest tree in the world, reaching up to 112 m (367 ft) in height and 7 m (23 ft) diameter at the base. It is thought to be named after the Cherokee Indian leader, Sequoyah, though this is uncertain.

The name Sequoia is also used as a general term for the subfamily Sequoioideae in which this genus is classified together with Sequoiadendron (Giant Sequoia) and Metasequoia (Dawn Redwood).

Trees over 60 m (200 feet) are common, and many are over 90 m (300 feet).

The current tallest is the Stratosphere Giant in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park, at 112.83 metres, last measured in 2004 (was 112.34 m in Aug 2000 and 112.56 m in 2002).
The all-time tallest redwood was the "Dyerville Giant", also in Humboldt State Park. It was 113.4 metres high when it fell in March 1991, and was estimated to be 1600 years old.
There are 15 known living trees more than 110 m (361 feet) tall.
There are 47 trees that are more than 105 m (344.5 feet) tall.
A tree claimed to be 115.8 m (380 feet) was cut down in 1912.
The tallest non-redwood tree is a 100.3 m (329 foot) tall Douglas-fir.
In 2004, an article in Nature reported that the theoretical maximum potential height of Coast Redwoods (or any other tree) is limited to between 122-130 m (400-425 feet), due to gravity and the friction between water and the vessels through which it flows.

The largest in volume is the "Del Norte Titan", with an estimated volume of 1044.7 m3; it is 93.57 m tall with a diameter of 7.22 m. Among current living trees only 15 Giant Sequoias are larger than this; these are shorter, but have thicker trunks, giving the largest Giant Sequoia, General Sherman, a volume of 1,487 cubic metres (52,510 cubic feet). A redwood cut down in 1926 had a claimed volume of 1,794 cubic metres (63,350 cubic feet), but this is not verified.

Answer 2

giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) of the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada. The greatest authenticated age of a giant sequoia, derived from counting annual rings on a cut stump, was nearly 3,200 years. Although it may fall short of the world's oldest, the giant sequoia has the undisputed record for the world's most massive living thing. The largest tree, named General Sherman, is 272 feet (83 m) tall with a massive trunk 35 feet (11 m) in diameter and 109 feet (33 m) in circumference at the base. Even more remarkable is the fact that at a point 120 feet (36 m) in the air the trunk of General Sherman is still 17 feet (5 m) in diameter. It has been estimated to contain over 600,000 board feet of timber, enough to build 120 average-sized houses. In fact, a single giant sequoia may contain more wood than is found on several acres of some of the finest virgin timberland in the Pacific Northwest. The trunk of General Sherman alone weighs nearly 1400 tons.

Answer 3

Within the gymnosperms, the biggest tree recorded is a Sequoiadendron giganteum called General Sherman in Sequoia National Park, California, USA. The tallest of the angiosperms (flowering plants) is the Mountain Ash (Eucalyptus regnans) of south-eastern Australia. As for the largest living organism, a fungi is thought to be the winner, with its extensive underground hyphae.

Answer 4

The Coastal Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is the tallest tree in the world, with the tallest ones found on the NW coast of California.

The inland Giant Sequoia (Sequoia giganteum) is the most voluminous tree in the world, with the largest one, "General Sherman" found in Sequoia National Park. Others are located in Kings Canyon and Yosemite NPs.

Some other posts confused the location of the two species. What I've posted above is really where they are - I've been to those places many times.

Answer 5

At over 2000 years old, El Arbol del Tule, which is actually an Ahuehuete Cypress, is amongst the oldest living trees in the world. With a 10 meter (33 feet) diameter trunk it is also considered by many to be the broadest tree in the world. The circumference of the trunk is an amazing 54 meters (178 feet) It is over 40 meters (130 feet) high, boasts a foliage diameter of over 51 meters (170 feet), and weighs over 500 tons.

Answer 6

Sequoia is the largest tree on Earth today, they are found in North America, on the west coast, in northern CA and WA mainly.
The base of the tree is large enough that some people have made tunnels through them for automobiles to pass thru.

Answer 7

A Giant Sequoia, is generally considered to be the largest (by volume of its trunk) tree in the world. Hope this helps!

Answer 8

Giant Sequoia located in Sequoia National Park in the southern Sierra Mountains of California. It is called The General Sherman. It is the largest living organism on Earth. It is about 275 feet tall and 36.5 feet in diameter. It is about 2,300 to 2,700 years old.

Answer 9

Seqoia is the biggest. Redwoods are big too. General Sherman is the biggest one in the world.

Answer 10

An interesting fact: as big as those trees are, one of the algae is actually taller. Sargassum, one of the brown algae that grow in the ocean, is taller from it's base to it's tip than any of the tall trees.