Largest tree by trunk volume

What to remember

The General Sherman Tree, a giant sequoia in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park, California, holds 1,487 m³ of wood in its trunk alone.

The criterion is specific. The record here is about trunk volume, and General Sherman is a single-stem tree. Among single-stem trees, no known living tree beats it by volume.

The park lies in Tulare County, and the species bears the scientific name Sequoiadendron giganteum. General Sherman is estimated to be about 2,200 years old, and in US units its trunk comes to 52,500 cubic feet.