The Grizzly Giant is a Sequoiadendron giganteum, giant sequoia in Yosemite National Park's Mariposa Grove. It has been measured many times; in 1990 Wendell Flint calculated its volume at , making it the List of largest giant sequoias, 26th-largest living giant sequoia.
The Grizzly Giant is the oldest sequoia in the Mariposa Grove, the largest List of giant sequoia groves, giant sequoia grove in Yosemite National Park, with several hundred mature specimens. At one time, the Grizzly Giant was considered the oldest and largest tree in the world, aged between 2,000 and 3,000 years. In 2019, refined scientific dating methods resulted in a new age estimate for the Grizzly Giant: 2,995 years old (plus or minus 250 years).
On July 16, 2022, the Washburn Fire threatened Grizzly Giant and other trees in Mariposa Grove. The National Park Service used sprinklers to protect the famous tree.
Dimensions
See also
*List of largest giant sequoias
*List of individual trees
References
*''Geology of U.S. Parklands: Fifth Edition'', Eugene P. Kiver and David V. Harris (John Wiley & Sons; New York; 1999; page 227)
External links
Yosemite and the Mariposa Grove: A Preliminary Report, 1865
from the ''National Geographic Society''
Record from the 38th Congress
including the 1864 Act granting the grove to California
Record from the 59th Congress
returning the grove to federal control
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Individual giant sequoia trees
Yosemite National Park