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The King Arthur Tree, formerly known as the California Tree, was a
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The King Arthur Tree, formerly known as the California Tree, was a giant sequoia
''Sequoiadendron giganteum'' (also known as the giant sequoia, giant redwood, Sierra redwood or Wellingtonia) is a species of coniferous tree, classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae. Giant sequoia specimens are the la ...
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
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or Americ ...
, near the town of Three Rivers in California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
. Its base of up to about 50 feet (15 m) rivaled the General Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman ( ; February 8, 1820February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, educator, and author. He served as a General officer, general in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865), earning recognit ...
, 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 the King Arthur Tree were:See also
*List of largest giant sequoias
The giant sequoia (''Sequoiadendron giganteum'') is the world's most massive tree, and arguably the largest living organism on Earth. It is neither the tallest extant species of tree (that distinction belongs to the coast redwood), nor is it the ...
* List of individual trees
The following is a list of individual 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 we ...
References
External links
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