The Giant Sequoia National Monument is a 328,315-acre U.S. National Monument located in the southern Sierra Nevada in eastern central California. It is administered by the U.S. Forest Service as part
The Proclamation Tree, a giant sequoia under which Giant Sequoia National Monument was established.
Entrance sign to Giant Sequoia National Monument.
Sequoiadendron giganteum
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Sequoiadendron giganteum is a species of coniferous tree, classified in the family Cupressaceae in the subfamily Sequoioideae. Giant sequoia specimens are the largest trees on Earth. They are native t
Giant Sequoia National Monument
…Nevada in eastern central California. It is administered by the U.S. Forest Service as part of the Sequoia National Forest and includes 38 of the 39 Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) groves that are located in the Sequoia National Forest, about half of the sequoia groves currently in existence, including one of the ten largest Giant…
Grizzly Giant Mariposa Grove
Mature cones and seed
The Generals Highway passes between giant sequoias in Sequoia National Park
Lake Fulmor, featuring a small grove of giant sequoia trees (top center)