Redwood Mountain Grove

Redwood Mountain Grove is the largest grove of giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) 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. The grove contains the world's tallest giant sequoia (311 ft).[2] The Hart Tree and Roosevelt Tree, two of the 25 largest trees by volume in the world, grow here. The largest tree is the General Sherman Tree in the Giant Forest grove to the southeast.

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Noteworthy trees

Some of the trees found in the grove that are worthy of special note are:

See also

References

  1. ^ Mike White (2004). Kings Canyon National Park: A Complete Hiker's Guide. Wilderness Press. p. 51. 
  2. ^ "Gymnosperm Database: Sequoiadendron giganteum". http://www.conifers.org/cu/se2/index.htm. Retrieved 2007-06-10. "The tallest known giant sequoia is a specimen 94.9 m tall, first measured August 1998 in the Redwood Mountain Grove, California" 

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