a California redwood, a sycamore maple, and more. Additionally, there's a 2-mile hiking trail around the property, with the ...

In the heart of California, the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are home to some of the tallest trees on the planet.

The giant sequoia is a snow tree, Sillett says ... Michael Nichols photographed California’s giant redwoods for the October 2009 issue.

Giant sequoias are among the largest organisms in the world. It took 12 weeks for three conservators to clean and conserve this enormous slice. The specimen has been in the Museum since 1893, after ...

The biggest of northern California’s giant redwood trees grow more than 250 ft. tall, with a circumference greater than 90 ft. at their base. The oldest have seen more than 3,000 years.

Seven giant sequoia trees in Ketton ... for years and years to California. "I had some awareness about the plans to expand the quarry and I knew about the redwood trees, but it was really when ...

growing at a similar rate to those in California, the trees' native home. Reaching up to 90 metres in height, giant sequoias (Sequoiadendron giganteum), also known as giant redwoods, are among the ...

the Big Trees Trail, is a nearly milelong loop that goes around a meadow and features interpretive exhibits about the natural history of giant sequoias along the way. For those looking for longer ...

These twin parks have long served as icons of California ... change. Sequoia National Park is home to Mount Whitney, the highest mountain in the Lower 48, and General Sherman, a 275-foot tall and ...

Redwood Canyon and Muir Grove are also great places for longer treks. The Giant Forest is also home to the famous General Sherman Tree ... home to more than 8,000 sequoias – the most of any ...