The Grizzly Giant

Giant Redwood Tree
Located at Wawona
Yosemite National Park, California

THE GRIZZLY GIANT
This Giant Sequoia, the oldest living sequoia tree, is over 2700 years old. Reaching 209.4 feet above the ground, the trunk bears scars from several lightening fires that burned away the top. The large main branch on the left of the tree is 84 feet from the ground and is 6 feet in diameter, this wonder of the plant world fills visitors to the Yosemite Mariposa Grove of Big Trees with a sense of awe and wonder. With a base diameter of 30.4 feet, tapering to 13 feet at 125 feet from the ground, the trunk alone contains over 30,300 cubic feet of wood. It was to save the giant redwood trees of Yosemite that led Galen Clark and John Muir to lay the ground-work to create Yosemite National Park. William R. Johnston Artist

THE GRIZZLY GIANT

This Giant Sequoia, the oldest living sequoia tree, is over 2700 years old. Reaching 209.4 feet above the ground, the trunk bears scars from several lightening fires that burned away the top. The large main branch on the left of the tree is 84 feet from the ground and is 6 feet in diameter, this wonder of the plant world fills visitors to the Yosemite Mariposa Grove of Big Trees with a sense of awe and wonder. With a base diameter of 30.4 feet, tapering to 13 feet at 125 feet from the ground, the trunk alone contains over 30,300 cubic feet of wood.

It was to save the giant redwood trees of Yosemite that led Galen Clark and John Muir to lay the ground-work to create Yosemite National Park.

William R. Johnston
Artist

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