General Sherman (tree) General Sherman (tree) General Sherman is a giant sequoia ("Sequoiadendron giganteum") tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, in the U.S. state of California. By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth. While the General Sherman is the largest currently living tree, it is not the largest historically-recorded tree. The Crannell Creek Giant, a coast redwood ("Sequoia sempervirens") near Trinidad, California, is estimated to have been 15 to 25% larger than the General Sherman tree by volume. That tree was cut down in the mid-1940s. Another larger coast redwood, near
Redwood Tree (song) calls with Morrison with ease. In April 1971 Morrison and his family moved to Marin County, California, before he recorded his previous album, "Tupelo Honey". Their new home was on the side of a hill in rural countryside close to San Francisco, with redwood trees nearby. Biographer Johnny Rogan believes the song "Redwood Tree" "enshrined the beauty of Marin county". The song evokes nostalgia and memories of growing up, in a similar way to his songs "And It Stoned Me", "Country Fair" and "Take Me Back". The difference with "Redwood Tree" is that it is not set in Belfast or