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
The Giant Plane plane has a large, probably multistemmed, ellipsoid trunk. It forks at heights of 2.5 and 5 m, creating a large crown. The tree is preserved by the local government because it had been set on fire several times. Since 2011 it is fenced to protect it from birds and insects. In 2012, it was judged among the best trees in the competition for tree of the year in Poland. The Giant Plane is the third thickest tree in Poland, and the largest and oldest London plane in the country. The Giant Plane The Giant is a London plane tree, located