Meet General Sherman: The largest tree in the World at 275 feet tall and 2,200 years old, older than the Roman Empire

Towering over California’s Giant Forest, the 2,200-year-old General Sherman tree is the largest on Earth by volume. But how ...

World’s largest tree: General Sherman is about 2200 years old and its trunk weighs nearly 1400 tonnes

The world’s largest tree by volume stands in a fenced clearing in Sequoia National Park, California, where the air is thinner and cooler than the valley below. Visitors walk a paved trail and arrive ...
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7 Longest-Living Fruit Trees to Grow in Your Garden for a Lifetime of Produce

Fireblight is the number one downfall of pears, says Biltonen. "There are several fireblight-resistant varieties that exist, like Harrowsweet, Potomac, Shenandoah, and Harrowcrisp," he says. Apple ...
The Florida Times-Union

Tree trivia: What is the largest tree? The oldest tree?

We are in the middle of a very hot summer. As I was mowing the yard this weekend, I stopped to take a break in the shade of the swamp chestnut oak tree in my front yard. I started thinking about the ...
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A tree that lived up to its name: ‘The Monarch’ ruled over an old growth forest for generations

“The Monarch” presided as the crowned sovereign of the 49-acre Old Growth Forest at Hartwick Pines State Park for years. It was 325 years old when it died in 1996. This Eastern white pine was – and ...