
The President is a
giant sequoia located in the
Giant Forest of
Sequoia National Park in the
United States, east of
Visalia, California. It is approximately high, and in diameter at the base. The President is the
third-largest tree in the world, measured by volume of trunk, and the
oldest-known living sequoia, about 3,200 years old.
As of 2012, the volume of its
trunk
Trunk may refer to:
Biology
* Trunk (anatomy), synonym for torso
* Trunk (botany), a tree's central superstructure
* Trunk of corpus callosum, in neuroanatomy
* Elephant trunk, the proboscis of an elephant
Computing
* Trunk (software), in rev ...
measured at about , with an additional of branches.
The tree was named after President
Warren G. Harding in 1923.
Nearby trees include Chief Sequoyah, the 27th-largest giant sequoia in the world, and the
Congress Group, two dense stands of medium-sized sequoias that represent the "House" and "
Senate
A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...
".
Description
The President features a dense crown with enormous branches reaching upward and outward. An especially prominent white branch is visible the western side of the tree's upper crown. A long, narrow burn scar is present on the north side of its trunk.
Dimensions
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 ...
*
List of oldest trees
This is a list of the oldest-known trees, as reported in reliable sources. Definitions of what constitutes an individual tree vary. In addition, tree ages are derived from a variety of sources, including documented "tree-ring" (dendrochronologica ...
References
{{coord, 36.57341, -118.75010, format=dms, region:US-CA_type:landmark, display=title
Individual giant sequoia trees
Individual trees in California
Sequoia National Park
Oldest trees