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General Sherman (tree)
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<p>General Sherman is a giant sequoia (<i><a href="/facts/Sequoiadendron_giganteum/lh4ApHTz">Sequoiadendron giganteum</a></i>) tree in the <a href="/facts/Giant_Forest/57z9feYA">Giant Forest</a> of <a href="/facts/Sequoia_National_Park/6KKYBC7V">Sequoia National Park</a> in <a href="/facts/Tulare_County%2c_California/DhrhmtUH">Tulare County</a>, <a href="/facts/California/zLW2vdQJ">California</a>. By volume, it is the <a href="/facts/List_of_largest_giant_sequoias/4xUG7MFU">largest known living single-stem tree</a> on Earth. </p>