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King Arthur, formerly known as the California Tree, was a giant sequoia located in
King Arthur, formerly known as the California Tree, was a giant sequoia located in Garfield Grove
Garfield Grove is a Giant Sequoia grove. The entire lies in Sequoia National Park in the Sierra Nevada range in eastern California in the United States.
In December 2001, the neighboring Dillonwood Grove was purchased by the Save The Redwoods Le ...
, near the town of Three Rivers in California. Its base of up to about 50 feet (15 m) rivaled the General Sherman, the largest giant sequoia, for total mass. It died in the Castle Fire of 2020.
The tree was once known as the California Tree, as shown in National Park Service promotional literature from 1917. The King Arthur was the ninth largest giant sequoia in the world.
Dimensions
As of 2012, before the Castle Fire, the dimensions of King Arthur were:See also
* List of largest giant sequoias *List of individual trees
The following is a list of notable trees. Trees listed here are regarded as important or specific by their historical, national, locational, natural or mythological context. The list includes actual trees located throughout the world, as well as ...
References
External links
* http://www.nps.gov/archive/seki/bigtrees.htm * http://www.nps.gov/archive/seki/alttree.htm * http://mbreg.de/mkportal/modules/mediawiki/index.php/Welt_(Top_50) {{Sequoia National Park Individual giant sequoia trees Individual trees in California Sequoia National Park