King Arthur (tree) King Arthur (tree) 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 ninth 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 km) in Sequoia
Sequoiadendron giganteum top ten largest giant sequoias sorted by volume of their trunks are: Sequoiadendron giganteum Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant sequoia; also known as giant redwood, Sierra redwood, Sierran redwood, Wellingtonia or simply Big Treea nickname used by John Muir) is the sole living species in the genus "Sequoiadendron", and one of three species of coniferous trees known as redwoods, classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae, together with "Sequoia sempervirens" (coast redwood) and "Metasequoia glyptostroboides" (dawn redwood). Giant sequoia specimens are the most massive trees on Earth. The common use of the name "sequoia" generally refers to "Sequoiadendron giganteum", which