It has a name, the President, bestowed about 90 years ago by admiring humans. It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron giganteum, one of several surviving species of redwoods.

Planting of these fast-growing, carbon-eating seedlings, descendants of the Stagg and Waterfall trees, will begin this spring ...

Conservators applied solvent gel to the giant sequoia to draw the old varnish out The team then applied a special solvent gel to the surface that is on display. Chelsea explains, 'The solvent ...

Native the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, the giant sequoia can grow to 314 feet tall and 30 feet in diameter. The General Sherman Tree - 275 feet tall and 25 feet in diameter ...

There was a drum circle and commemorative cards: “Sequoia Legacy Tree; 1936-2025.” Residents gather around the Legacy Tree giant sequoia during a ceremony honoring the tree before it was cut ...