WORLDS SINGLE LARGEST TREE

 General Sherman {California}

    

Botanical name : Sequoiadendron giganteum

Family     : Coniferae

Location : California U.S

Features :

1}The largest tree in the world is a giant sequoia  in California's Sequoia National Park. Called General Sherman, the tree is about 52,500 cubic feet (1,487 cubic meters) in volume.

2}That's the equivalent of more than half the volume of an Olympic-size swimming pool, commonly considered to be 88,500 cubic feet (2,506 cubic meters).

3} General Sherman is estimated to be about 2,000 years old. That makes it only a middle-age giant sequoia, as other trees are believed to be more than 3,220 years old, based on tree ring counts.

4} General Sherman is also tall, standing 274.9 feet (83.8 meters) high.