Although coast redwoods are the tallest trees on earth, giant sequoias, their biological cousins, are the largest by volume, with bark that can be 2 feet thick and resistant to fire.

General Sherman contains more wood in its trunk and more total biomass—trunk size, branches, foliage and roots—than any other tree on earth, according to the National Park Service.

Giant sequoia trees typically grow in areas of higher elevation which is why the largest ones can be seen out west. But if you take a trip to lake bluff farms, you'll be able to see them for yourself.

COPEMISH, MI – Giant sequoia trees in Michigan? Yes. And you might be able to have one. Northern Michigan is home to the largest known giant sequoia tree east of the Rocky Mountains. Planted in ...

To see a mighty sequoia tree, you usually have to travel to the western slopes of California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains. Now children in Detroit, Michigan, are helping to plant sequoias in their city ...

At the corner of Harrison and 25th Streets, a giant sequoia tree (sequoiadendron giganteum) in Garfield Square snapped nearly in half around 5 p.m. Tuesday, wrecking several cars and a telephone pole.

Yosemite fire: Why giant sequoia trees are surviving now when others died in recent fires Years of controlled burns have thinned flammable material in Mariposa Grove, paying off during Washburn ...