It’s not the tallest or oldest tree in the world today, but it’s the largest when measured by ... so on Tuesday the giant sequoia known as the General Sherman tree got a checkup.

Planted in 1948, it’s the largest giant sequoia tree east of the Rocky Mountains at 116 feet tall and 5 feet in diameter. Lake Bluff Farms also features an arboretum, birding, hiking trails ...

The giant sequoia is considered the largest known living tree on the planet and also one of the tallest, widest and longest-lived (estimated at 2,000+ years old). It is more than 100 feet around ...

Another is a clone of the Amos Alonzo Stagg Tree, which is located in the Alder Creek Grove at Giant Sequoia National Monument in California; it is the fifth largest tree in the world. There are ...

Arborists are planting urban groves of the world's largest trees in one of the city's most blighted neighborhoods ...

“It is the champion, the state champion Giant sequoia, right here in Michigan ... We've made several hundred copies of the tree." "It's the largest this side of the Rockies, so it covers ...