Boole (tree)

<h2 id="namesake">Namesake</h2>
<p>The Boole Tree was named around 1895 by A.H. Sweeny, a <a href="/facts/Fresno/BG9ekUd4">Fresno</a> doctor, after Franklin A. Boole, a supervisor of the logging operation who spared the tree due to its great size.
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<h2 id="description">Description</h2>
<p>The Boole Tree was once thought to be the largest tree in the world, but it is now known to be the <a href="/facts/List_of_largest_giant_sequoias/4xUG7MFU">sixth largest</a>, with five other giant sequoias surpassing it in size: the <a href="/facts/General_Sherman_(tree)/I3w1wplT">General Sherman</a>, <a href="/facts/General_Grant_tree/tFojM1a4">General Grant</a>, <a href="/facts/President_(tree)/KCGvBbVp">President</a>, <a href="/facts/Lincoln_(tree)/HBRbUSh4">Lincoln</a>, and <a href="/facts/Stagg_(tree)/mjnlrwTK">Stagg</a> trees.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Despite this, Boole is still the largest in terms of circumference, with a base measuring 113 ft (34 m).
</p><p>Located among shorter <a href="/facts/Salix_scouleriana/rNXcgXWt">Scouler willows</a> that have grown in the area following logging, the tree stands out at a height of 268 feet. It is likely growing faster due to a lack of competition in its modified environment, and its survival may also be attributed to the reduction of fuel in the area since logging ceased in the 1900s.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
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<h2 id="dimensions">Dimensions</h2>
<table><tbody><tr><th>Height above base<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a></th><td>268.8 ft</td><td>81.9 m</td></tr><tr><th>Circumference at ground</th><td>113.0 ft</td><td>34.4 m</td></tr><tr><th>Diameter 4.5 ft (1.4 m) above highest point on ground<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a></th><td>25.4 ft</td><td>7.7 m</td></tr><tr><th>Diameter 60 ft (18 m) above base<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></th><td>15.6 ft</td><td>4.8 m</td></tr><tr><th>Diameter 180 ft (55 m) above base<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></th><td>11.9 ft</td><td>3.6 m</td></tr><tr><th>Estimated <a href="/facts/Bole_(botany)/13Nq8CEC">bole</a> volume<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></th><td>43,931 cu ft</td><td>1,244 m3</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Big_Lonely_Doug/0R7n1LY7">Big Lonely Doug</a> - a large Douglas fir whose immediate surroundings were also clearcut</li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_largest_giant_sequoias/4xUG7MFU">List of largest giant sequoias</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_oldest_trees/KEBc52vm">List of oldest trees</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/List_of_individual_trees/L353ts0g">List of individual trees</a></li>
<li>Sequoia National Forest−related topics</li></ul>

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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Boole Tree | Giant Sequoia National Monument". www.fs.fed.us. Retrieved 2021-12-04. <a href="https://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/gsnm/gsnm-boole-tree.html" target="_blank">https://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/gsnm/gsnm-boole-tree.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>John McKinney (April 21, 2002). "It's Clear-Cut: Converse Basin's Sequoias Were Once Majestic". Morning Tribune. Los Angelese, California. Retrieved December 11, 2022. <a href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-apr-21-tr-hiking21-story.html" target="_blank">https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-apr-21-tr-hiking21-story.html</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>"The Giant Sequoia -- Forest Masterpiece". Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park. U.S. National Park Service. 2003-02-13. <a href="http://www.nps.gov/seki/naturescience/bigtrees.htm" target="_blank">http://www.nps.gov/seki/naturescience/bigtrees.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Hartesveldt, Richard J.; Harvey, H. Thomas; Shellhammer, Howard S.; Ronald E., Stecker (1975). The Giant Sequoia of the Sierra Nevada (PDF). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. p. 55. <a href="http://npshistory.com/series/science/giant-sequoia.pdf" target="_blank">http://npshistory.com/series/science/giant-sequoia.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Flint, Wendell D. (1987). To Find the Biggest Tree. Sequoia National History Association. p. 95. <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Flint, Wendell D. (1987). To Find the Biggest Tree. Sequoia National History Association. p. 95. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>Flint, Wendell D. (1987). To Find the Biggest Tree. Sequoia National History Association. p. 95. <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>Flint, Wendell D. (1987). To Find the Biggest Tree. Sequoia National History Association. p. 95. <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>Flint, Wendell D. (1987). To Find the Biggest Tree. Sequoia National History Association. p. 95. <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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