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What is the world's largest tree?
The world's most famous mammoth tree and also the world's largest tree bears the name General Sherman and stands in Sequoia National Park in California. The tree is measured to a height of 83.8 meters and has a trunk circumference at chest height of over 31.3 meters, and reportedly it should then contain 1,490 m3 of wood
| Height above base | 274.9 ft | 83.8 m |
| Circumference at ground | 102.6 ft | 31.3 m |
| Maximum diameter at base | 36.5 ft | 11.1 m |
| Diameter 4.50 ft (1.37 m)above height point on ground | 25.1 ft | 7.7 m |
| Girth Diameter 60 ft (18 m) above base | 17.5 ft | 5.3 m |
| Diameter 180 ft (55 m) above base | 14.0 ft | 4.3 m |
| Diameter of largest branch | 6.8 ft | 2.1 m |
| Height of first large branch above the base | 130.0 ft | 39.6 m |
| Average crown spread | 106.5 ft | 32.5 m |
| Estimated bole volume | 52,508 cu ft | 1,487 m3 |
| Estimated mass (wet) (1938) | 2,105 short tons | 1,910 t |
| Estimated bole mass (1938) | 2,472,000 lb | 1,121 t |