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Earth's Biggest and Tallest Trees. Sequoia vs. Sequoiadendron


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This may become Part II of the loaded thread > >  Coast Redwoods ~ a Must-See

Between 2014 and 2018, new discoveries and revelations happened in the coast redwood and giant sequoia forests. Some of it was revealed, but very little has been written, and a lot may never be published. One part unveiled is that one or more new coast redwood champs were found. But whether any of those are larger than General Sherman was not been published. I  am 100% certain that General Sherman is not the largest single stem trunk in the world.  But that's as far as commentary will go on that, leaving the answer hanging on either of the two species, Sequoiadendron and Sequoia.  Hopefully new finds encourage tree enthusiasts in various countries to re-explore forests around them, and maybe find some hidden gems. 

 

Since most of my images are coast redwoods, let me star with a giant sequoia. This is General Sherman, taken last October. I hear the place is like zoo mid-day in the summer. But we arrived just after sunset in the autumn. We found the hills and boulders as interesting as the trees. As much as I enjoy coast redwoods, for landscape or parks, I recommend planting Sequoiadendron, and skipping coast redwood almost entirely.

 

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Barely a peep has come forth in any news articles. You may have seen this photo before if I shared it. But this is one of the "larger trees elsewhere" mentioned in an article related to a Grove of Titans elsewhere.

 

The article link is > Damage to Giant Redwood "Grove of Titans

 

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This is the Grove of Titans, mentioned in the news article link in my last reply. This is the old discovery from 1998. The other coast redwood I shared above, a sample, is much larger. There are other coast redwoods, but several people I explore with, asked to keep certain other redwood veiled, and hold the images. 

 

But for whatever has been seen, the largest of both species are so massive, the typical viewer  would perceive both species equally large, or even seem equally tall. 

 

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I visited the Sequoias in 2014 on a road trip from Crescent City to San Fan and they were truly awesome.
I've now booked this years hols which will include a trip to Kings Canyon, hopefully seeing some nice Sequoiadendrons.

Definately on my bucket list Wolfie...I'm in the U.S.A (Colorado) in August and hoping to meet a Bristlecone pine or two but need to see a BIG Sequoia while i'm stateside.
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On 1/20/2018 at 02:17, wicklamulla said:

very good Mario,  if a bit 'top heavy' :x

After one test print, I did a 2nd minor adjustment to reduce bust size, then printed a final version to ship. Similar to another from this image set that's in our dining room, where I did a similar adjustment.

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