The largest known giant sequoia tree east of the Rocky Mountains ... Michigan’s collection includes the tallest, measuring 106 feet, in Holland. The girthiest, with a 4.8-foot diameter, is ...

It's not the tallest or oldest tree in the world today ... from drought and bark beetle infestations, so on Tuesday the giant sequoia known as the General Sherman tree got a checkup.

It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron giganteum ... It doesn’t stand so tall as the tallest of coast redwoods or of Eucalyptus regnans in Australia, but height isn’t everything ...