General Grant Tree

The General Grant Tree is the second-largest living tree in the world. He is about 1500 to 1900 years old mountain or giant sequoia ( Sequoiadendron giganteum) and is in Grant Grove of Kings Canyon National Park in the U.S. state of California. The tree was discovered in 1862 by Joseph Hardin Thomas and 1867 named by Lucretia Baker after the Civil War General Ulysses S. Grant, who later also the 18th President ( 1869-1877 ) of the United States was. U.S. President Calvin Coolidge declared the General Grant Tree on April 28, 1926 "Nation 's Christmas Tree". President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 declared him a national memorial ( National Shrine).

Dimensions

With a volume of 1357 cubic meters of the General Grant Tree is the second largest tree in the world after the General Sherman Tree. The Washington Tree, a long time took the second place of the list size to complete, was shortened by a fire in 2003 and by wind damage in a series of storms in 2005 to less than half the height. The General Grant Tree has a height of 81.1 meters and a diameter at breast height ( DBH ) of 885 centimeters. This makes it the second largest giant sequoia on the Boole Tree, which has a DBH of 898 centimeters. Despite the increase in diameter at breast height and almost the same amount of General Grant Tree carries over to the General Sherman Tree, a lesser volume, since it is just in the lower stem portion more streamlined than this. In addition to the giant sequoia trees, however, there are copies of other tree species such as coast redwood, Douglas fir and Sitka spruce that reach greater heights, but are less massive rich.

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