It puts that wood around the trunk, which grows wider, and into the limbs and the branches, which grow thicker. The giant sequoia is a snow tree, Sillett says, adapted for long winters in the Sierra.

The Legacy Tree giant sequoia stands in a park near the post office in downtown Visalia before a ceremony honoring the tree is held on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2025. The 93-year-old tree was cut down due to ...

YAKUSHIMA, Kagoshima Prefecture—An ancient giant has fallen in the forest ... it snapped the trunk of a massive tree estimated to be around 3,000 years old. This dates the "Yayoi sugi" cedar ...