Tuesday, June 12, 2012

PLANTS: What are sequoias?

If you want to learn more about these trees, please, read this information.

Base Sequoia Gigante
What is the largest giant sequoia?
The General Sherman tree in Sequoia National Park in California is 52,500+ cubic feet in volume. That makes it the largest tree on earth.
What is the tallest giant sequoia?
A tree in the Redwood Mountain Grove, Kings Canyon National Park is reported to be 93 metres tall!!!!!  Also a tree of the same height is reported in the South Calaveras Grove in Big Trees State Park.
What is the largest diameter trunk of a giant sequoia?
The General Grant tree of Kings Canyon National Park is commonly believed to have the largest diameter trunk of 12 metres. .
What is the oldest giant sequoia?
It is impossible to determine on a living tree. One sequoia that fell down was around 3200 years old when it died.
How big does a giant sequoia get?
The largest sequoia is the General Sherman Tree. The General Sherman is 83 metres tall, has a circumference of 31 metres, and a diameter of 9 metres. 

If you want to learn more, you can visit the Sequoia National Park in the United States, that is the place where lots of sequoias live:   SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK
          

12 comments:

Anonymous said...

Monica thank you for put this of the plants now I can study more.

Maria Victoria 3A

Anonymous said...

Monica this tree:sequoya is tall than the tyni seed. victor martinez

Anonymous said...

wowwwwwwwwwwww they are very tall




nerea 3a

Anonymous said...

Hello Monica the tree is very tall i like them.karin

Anonymous said...

Hello Monica is very intersting.

Andrea Labella Dalmau

Anonymous said...

WOW Is a giant tree I think that it was big but not so big
I ENJOYED!


Aarón Mesalles Alcaraz

Anonymous said...

Monica in the first foto the roots are bigger.

Anonymous said...

hello monica now I learn more of plants






maite ayala loppez

Anonymous said...

Hello Monica how are you? I am going to alemania and I am going to see a lot of plants and animals. If I can, we go olso to Colombia.
Maria Victoria Gari Morera 3a

Anonymous said...

In one book I read that we need 30 children to around the Sequollas.
Maria Victoria 3a

Anonymous said...

Hello Monica I miss you.karin

Anonymous said...

Hello Monica how are you,i am good what you are doing I am in the blog I like the foto of piolin .karin