King Arthur (tree)
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The King Arthur Tree is a giant sequoia located in Garfield Grove
, the grove is near the town of Three Rivers
in California
. The tree was once known as the California Tree, as shown in National Park Service promotional literature from 1917 (which describes the largest tree in Garfield Grove as the "California Tree"). The King Arthur is the tenth largest giant sequoia in the world. Its base of up to about 50 feet (15 m) rivals the General Sherman
, the largest giant sequoia, for total mass.
The Garfield Grove comprises 2,330 acres (9.4 km2) in Sequoia National Park
and 572 acres in the Giant Sequoia National Monument
in the Sierra Nevada range in eastern California.
Garfield Grove
Garfield Grove is a Giant Sequoia grove which is near the town of Three Rivers in California. The entire lies in Sequoia National Park in the Sierra Nevada range in eastern California in the United States....
, the grove is near the town of Three Rivers
Three Rivers, California
Three Rivers is a census-designated place in Tulare County, California, United States. The population was 2,182 at the 2010 census, down from 2,248 at the 2000 census....
in California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The tree was once known as the California Tree, as shown in National Park Service promotional literature from 1917 (which describes the largest tree in Garfield Grove as the "California Tree"). The King Arthur is the tenth largest giant sequoia in the world. Its base of up to about 50 feet (15 m) rivals the General Sherman
General Sherman (tree)
The General Sherman is a giant sequoia tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California. By volume, it is the largest known living single stem tree on Earth...
, the largest giant sequoia, for total mass.
The Garfield Grove comprises 2,330 acres (9.4 km2) in Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park
Sequoia National Park is a national park in the southern Sierra Nevada east of Visalia, California, in the United States. It was established on September 25, 1890. The park spans . Encompassing a vertical relief of nearly , the park contains among its natural resources the highest point in the...
and 572 acres in the Giant Sequoia National Monument
Giant Sequoia National Monument
The Giant Sequoia National Monument is a U.S. National Monument located in the southern Sierra Nevada in eastern central California. It is administered by the United States Forest Service as part of the Sequoia National Forest and includes 38 of the 39 Giant Sequoia groves that are located in the...
in the Sierra Nevada range in eastern California.
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)