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World's Largest Trees

Woodside, California

Methuselah Tree (Sequoia)

This massive redwood tree has stood in Northern California for nearly 2,000 years.

St Francisville, Louisiana

Cat Island Bald Cypress

Located in a remote part of a Louisiana wildlife refuge, this tree has been standing for more than 1,200 years.

Pando, the World’s Largest Organism, Is Being Eaten by Deer

Utah's 106-acre stand of quaking aspen clones has survived for millennia, but faces threats large and small.

Richard Elton Walton December 6, 2021

Mannar, Sri Lanka

Baobab Tree Pallimunai

The trunk of this 700-year-old tree measures more than 60 feet around, making it the oldest and largest baobab in Sri Lanka.

Port McNeill, British Columbia

The Ronning Burl

A Canadian port town is oddly home to two of the largest tree burls in the world.

Parnamirim, Brazil

World's Largest Cashew Tree

You feel like you're in a forest, but you're actually walking amidst the branches and trunks of a single giant tree.

Edurudona, India

Thimmamma Marrimanu

The world's largest banyan tree is followed by a community of worshippers.

London, England

World's Largest Potted Plant

The cedar tree in Highgate Cemetery earned its title by accident.

Sunderland, Massachusetts

The Buttonball Tree

This giant Massachusetts sycamore is said to hold the dubious distinction of being the "widest tree East of the Mississippi!"

Nottinghamshire, England

Major Oak

The largest oak in England is said to have been the hideout of Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

The Great Old Ones: In Celebration of Our Tree Elders

Chris White January 29, 2015

Queens, New York

The Alley Pond Giant

The oldest living organism in New York City. Maybe.

Redcrest, California

Avenue of the Giants

One of the most scenic stretches of road in America winds between some of the country's oldest trees.

Li Jiawan Grand Ginkgo King

The world's largest ginkgo tree contains a hollow so large a man once lived in it for two years.

Tombstone, Arizona

Rose Tree Museum

The world's largest rose bush has literally outgrown the pioneer museum it was planted behind.

Sequoia National Park, California

General Sherman

Quite simply the largest tree in the world (by volume).

Waipoua Forest, New Zealand

Tāne Mahuta

Largest Kauri tree in New Zealand.

Great Banyan Tree

A single tree's 2,800 aerial roots give the appearance of a complete forest.