You’ll remember General Sherman from yesterday, the largest tree in the world by volume. Here’s the General Ulysses S Grant tree, third largest by volume.
So what is the second largest? We didn’t see anything in the park talking about it but here is an article from the AP in 2012. I hope I remember to ask at the Visitors Center today!:
“By Tracy Cone, The Associated Press
“FRESNO, Calif. — Deep in the Sierra Nevada, the famous General Grant giant sequoia tree is suffering its loss of stature in silence. What once was the world’s No. 2 biggest tree has been supplanted thanks to the most comprehensive measurements taken of the largest living things on Earth.
“The new No. 2 is The President, a 54,000-cubic-foot gargantuan not far from the Grant in Sequoia National Park. After 3,240 years, the giant sequoia still is growing wider at a consistent rate, which may be what most surprised the scientists examining how the sequoias and coastal redwoods will be affected by climate change and whether these trees have a role to play in combatting it.”