General Grant Tree
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The General Grant Tree is a giant sequoia in California renowned as one of the largest and oldest living trees on Earth and honored as the United States’ National Christmas Tree.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| General Grant Tree canonical | 6 |
| General Grant Tree and surrounding sequoias | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
giant sequoia
ⓘ
natural monument ⓘ tree ⓘ |
| age |
over 1,600 years
ⓘ
possibly over 1,800 years ⓘ |
| barkColor | reddish-brown ⓘ |
| barkThickness | very thick fire-resistant bark ⓘ |
| circumferenceAtGround |
about 107 feet
ⓘ
about 32.6 meters ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| county |
Tulare County, California
ⓘ
surface form:
Tulare County
|
| designation |
Nation’s Christmas Tree
ⓘ
surface form:
National Christmas Tree of the United States
National Shrine ⓘ Nation’s Christmas Tree ⓘ |
| diameterAtBase |
about 29 feet
ⓘ
about 8.8 meters ⓘ |
| ecosystem | mixed conifer forest of the Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| fame | one of the most famous giant sequoias in the world ⓘ |
| forest | Sierra Nevada ⓘ |
| growthForm | massive single-trunk tree ⓘ |
| hasTouristAttractionStatus | true ⓘ |
| height |
about 81 meters
ⓘ
approximately 267 feet ⓘ |
| honoredAs |
Nation’s Christmas Tree
ⓘ
surface form:
United States’ National Christmas Tree
|
| isLiving | true ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Grant Grove ⓘ Kings Canyon National Park ⓘ Tulare County, California ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| managedBy |
National Park Service
ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. National Park Service
|
| namedAfter | Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exceptional size
ⓘ
great age ⓘ national symbolic status ⓘ |
| partOf | Grant Grove of giant sequoias ⓘ |
| protectedWithin | Kings Canyon National Park ⓘ |
| rankByTrunkVolume | one of the largest trees in the world ⓘ |
| recognizedAs | one of the oldest living trees on Earth ⓘ |
| species |
giant sequoia
ⓘ
surface form:
Sequoiadendron giganteum
|
| state |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
|
| touristAccess | accessible by a short paved trail ⓘ |
| treeType |
conifer
ⓘ
evergreen ⓘ |
| volumeOfTrunk |
over 1,300 cubic meters
ⓘ
over 46,000 cubic feet ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
General Grant Tree and surrounding sequoias