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{{Short description|Giant sequoia in Giant Forest, California}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2023}} {{Infobox tree | name = General Sherman | image = General Sherman en californie a séquoia parc.jpg | image_caption = General Sherman | image_size = 250 | map = California | map_size = 250 | relief = 1 | species = Giant sequoia | binomial = ''[[Sequoiadendron giganteum]]'' | coordinates = {{coord|36|34|54|N|118|45|05.5|W|region:US_type:landmark|display=inline,title|format=dms}} | height = {{cvt|83.8|m}} | diameter = {{cvt|7.7,|m}} | volume = {{cvt|1487|m3|ft3}} | seeded = 700 BC – 300 BC }} The '''General Sherman Tree''' is a giant sequoia (''[[Sequoiadendron giganteum]]'') tree in the [[Giant Forest]] of [[Sequoia National Park]] in [[Tulare County, California|Tulare County]], [[California]]. By volume, it is the [[List of largest giant sequoias|largest known living single-stem tree]] on Earth.<ref name="NPS-1997">{{Cite web |date=March 27, 1997 |title=The General Sherman Tree |url=http://www.nps.gov/seki/naturescience/sherman.htm |access-date=August 12, 2011 |website=Sequoia National Park |publisher=U.S. National Park Service}}</ref>
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