Editing General Sherman Tree (section)

==Dimensions==
While it is the largest tree known, the General Sherman tree is neither the tallest known living tree on Earth (that distinction belongs to [[Hyperion (tree)|Hyperion]], a [[Sequoia sempervirens|coast redwood]]),<ref>{{Cite web |last=Earle |first=CJ |year=2011 |title=Sequoia sempervirens |url=http://www.conifers.org/cu/se/index.htm |access-date=August 12, 2011 |website=The Gymnosperm Database}}</ref> nor is it the widest (both the largest [[cypress]] and largest [[baobab]] have a greater diameter), nor is it the oldest known living tree on Earth ([[List of oldest trees|that distinction]] belongs to [[Prometheus (tree)|Prometheus]], a [[Pinus longaeva|Great Basin bristlecone pine]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Earle |first=CJ |year=2011 |title=Pinus longaeva |url=http://www.conifers.org/pi/Pinus_longaeva.php |access-date=August 13, 2011 |website=The Gymnosperm Database}}</ref> With a height of {{cvt|83.8|m|ft|0|sp=us}}, a diameter of {{cvt|7.7|m|ft|0}}, an estimated [[Trunk (botany)|bole]] volume of {{convert|1487|m3|ft3|0}}, and an estimated age of 2,300{{ndash}}2,700 years,<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Stephenson |first=N.L. |date=January 2002 |title=Estimated Ages of Some Large Giant Sequoias: General Sherman Keeps Getting Younger |url=http://sierranaturenotes.com/naturenotes/SequoiaAges.htm |url-status=dead |journal=Nature Notes |publisher=Yosemite Association |volume=2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323130546/http://sierranaturenotes.com/naturenotes/SequoiaAges.htm |archive-date=March 23, 2012 |access-date=May 3, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Martin |first=Glen |date=September 7, 2006 |title=World's tallest trees |url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/09/07/MNGQRL0TDV1.DTL |access-date=January 29, 2009 |work=The San Francisco Chronicle}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Records, Guinness World |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yixctMoUFRsC&q=guinness+records&pg=PA10 |title=Guinness World Record 2008, World's Tallest Tree |publisher=Guinness World Records |year=2007 |isbn=978-1-904994-19-0 |access-date=January 29, 2009}}</ref> it is nevertheless among the tallest, widest, and [[List of oldest trees|longest-lived]] of all trees on the planet.

While General Sherman is the largest currently living tree, it is not the largest historically recorded tree. The [[Lindsay Creek Tree]], with more than {{convert|90000|cuft|m3|abbr=off|sp=us}}<ref>"535,000 board feet of merchantable timber" [https://forums.botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/threads/largest-tree-ever-recorded.60805/ Largest Tree Ever Recorded] (UBC Botanical Garden, February 4, 2010)</ref> almost twice the volume of General Sherman, was reported felled by a storm in 1905.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vaden |first=Mario D. |title=Crannell Creek Giant |url=http://www.mdvaden.com/redwood_crannell_creek_giant.shtml}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Landmark Trees |title=Crannell Creek Giant |url=http://www.landmarktrees.net/elam.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629094644/http://www.landmarktrees.net/elam.html |archive-date=June 29, 2013}}</ref> Another larger tree, the Crannell Creek Giant, a coast redwood (''[[Sequoia sempervirens]]'') cut down in the mid-1940s near [[Trinidad, California]], is estimated to have been 15&ndash;25% larger than the General Sherman Tree by volume. Similarly, the [[Mother of the Forest]], another giant sequoia, may have historically been larger than General Sherman. Two other historical and exceedingly enormous giant sequoias, the [[Discovery Tree]] with a near-{{convert|30|m|ft}} circumference,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Placer Herald 9 July 1853 — California Digital Newspaper Collection |url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=PH18530709.2.8&srpos=1&e=------185-en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22captain+hanford%22+-------1}}</ref> and especially the long-fallen "Father of the Forest" from Calaveras Grove, reportedly {{convert|435|ft|m}} high and {{convert|110|ft|m}} in circumference,<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 1902 |title="Father of the Forest", a Giant of Giants--fallen centuries ago--originally 435 ft. High, 110 ft. Cir., Calaveras Grove, Cal |url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2018645419/ |website=[[Library of Congress]]}}</ref> are widely considered to have once been larger than General Sherman. In addition, the Burnt Monarch from [[Big Stump Grove]] had a much larger base than General Sherman and could have easily been larger as well.<ref>Forest Giants of the Pacific Coast. Van Pelt, 2001</ref> 

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Measurement
! Imperial units
! SI units
|-
! Height above base<ref name="NPS-1997" />
| {{convert|274.9|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Circumference at ground<ref name="NPS-1997" />
| {{convert|102.6|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Maximum diameter at base<ref name="NPS-1997" />
| {{convert|36.5|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Diameter {{cvt|4.50|ft|m|2}} above base<ref name="Flint-1987">{{Cite book |last=Flint |first=Wendell D. |title=To Find the Biggest Tree |publisher=Sequoia National History Association |year=1987 |page=94}}</ref>
| {{convert|25.1|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Diameter {{cvt|60|ft|m|0}} above base<ref name="NPS-1997" />
| {{convert|17.5|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Diameter {{cvt|180|ft|m|0}} above base<ref name="NPS-1997" />
| {{convert|14.0|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Diameter of largest branch<ref name="NPS-1997" />
| {{convert|6.8|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Height of first large branch above the base<ref name="NPS-1997" />
| {{convert|130.0|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Average crown spread<ref name="NPS-1997" />
| {{convert|106.5|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Estimated [[Trunk (botany)|bole]] volume<ref name="Flint-1987" />
| {{convert|52508|ft3|m3|0|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Estimated mass (wet) (1938)<ref name="Fry-1942">{{Cite book |last=Fry |first=Walter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rDCsAAAAIAAJ&q=trunk+%222%2C471%2C994+pounds%22+%22total+estimated+weight%22+%224%2C299%2C851+pounds%22&pg=PA47 |title=Big Trees |last2=White |first2=John Roberts |publisher=Stanford University Press |year=1942 |isbn=9780804716383 |location=Palo Alto, California}}</ref>
|{{cvt|2105|ST|MT|0|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Estimated [[Trunk (botany)|bole]] mass (1938)<ref name="Fry-1942"/>
| {{convert|2472000|lb|MT|0|abbr=on|disp=table}}<!-- Fry estimates trunk's weight as "2,471,994 pounds" -->
|}