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130: 122: 908: 874: 480: 884: 25: 618: 179:. Four out of the ten largest trees by volume on the planet are said to be within the Giant Forest. The largest, the General Sherman tree, measures 36.5 feet (11.1 m) across the base. 646: 949: 384: 593: 603: 490: 631: 588: 942: 656: 968: 164:
which was once the second largest tree in the world, but since it lost half its trunk in 2005 many sequoias are now larger.
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Giant Forest, famed for its giant sequoia trees, is within
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