General Sherman is a giant sequoia tree located in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, in the U.S. state of California. By volume, it is the largest known living single-stem tree on Earth. It is estimated to be around 2,200 to 2,700 years old. Sequoia roots are shallow but spread wide. They entangle with the roots of other sequoias, forming a kind of mesh that helps all the trees maintain balance and stability. The weight of general sherman is about 1.9 million kgs or 1900 tons. It was the biggest tree Wolverton had ever seen. Wolverton had served under General William Tecumseh Sherman as a lieutenant in the 9th Indiana Calvary. He therefore decided to name the tree after his commanding officer. Giant sequoias are one of the world's hardiest trees. Their thick bark makes them flame resistant, as well as resistant to fungal rot and wood-boring beetles. The General Sherman Tree is the world's largest tree, measured by volume. It stands 275 feet (83 m) tall, and is over 36 feet (11 m) in diameter at the base. General Sherman is still standing, but it's not out of the figurative woods just yet, as it still towers in one of the county's most famous stretch of woods. The General Sherman Tree measures 103/31-metres around, and soars 275 feet/84 metres into the blue Sierra sky and it's still growing. Every year it adds enough wood to make another 60-foot/18-metre-tall tree. Considering the giant sequoia's size, you might think it's the world's oldest tree, but it's not.

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