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Thread #161294   Message #3831740
Posted By: Joe Offer
10-Jan-17 - 01:33 PM
Thread Name: Obit- Giant Sequoia 'Tunnel Tree'
Subject: RE: Obit- Giant Sequoia 'Tunnel Tree'
The "world's largest tree" (most massive) is said to be located somewhere in the Grant Grove of Giant Sequoias in Kings Canyon National Park. But the National Park Service will not say which tree is the one, or where it's located.

The "world's tallest tree" is a Coast Redwood, located somewhere in Redwood National Park in Northern California. One "tallest tree," Hyperion, has been measured at 115.61 m (379.3 ft) - but even taller redwoods have been found.

The "world's oldest tree" is also here in Northern California, a Great Basin Bristlecone Pine, somewhere in the White Mountains near Bishop, east of the Sierra Nevada. I went to the White Mountains and saw lots of old bristlecones, but nobody's telling which one is oldest.

I think it's kinda cool to be living here near the biggest, tallest, and oldest trees.

-Joe-