Grizzly Giant

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The Grizzly Giant, a giant sequoia, in Yosemite National Park's Mariposa Grove.

The Grizzly Giant is a giant sequoia in Yosemite National Park's Mariposa Grove. It has a volume of 34,005 cubic feet (962.9 m3), which makes it the 26th largest living giant sequoia.

The Grizzly Giant is the oldest sequoia in the Mariposa Grove,[1] the largest giant sequoia grove in Yosemite National Park.

At one time, the Grizzly Giant was considered the oldest and largest tree in the world.[2]

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  2. Hutchinson, Elizabeth (2004). "They Might Be Giants: Carleton Watkins, Galen Clark, and the Big Tree". October. 109: 47–63. doi:10.1162/0162287041886476. ISSN 0162-2870. JSTOR 3397659. S2CID 57565084.