MOTHER NATURE'S SKY SCRAPPERS

MOTHER NATURE'S SKY SCRAPPERS

On this planet, largest and oldest of sky scrapers

On western slopes of California’s Sierra Nevada

Grows between 5000 and 7000 feet elevation

Lives for a span of 3000years

 HERE  LIVING GENERAL SHERMAN APPEARS

Third longest lived tree species

Bristle cone Pines live longer than these

Bristle cones live for 5000 years

So too Alerce trees

Branches of Sequoias are 8 feet in diameter

Bark grows three feet thick

Trees are as tall as 26 storied building

And a few of them 3000 feet tall

Diameter ranges from 20 to 35 feet

Tallest tree in the world HYPER ION

379 Feet tall Hyper ion

Largest tree by volume GENERAL SHERMAN

275 Feet tall , 102 feet in circumference at ground

Branches 7 feet in diameter

Third largest tree by volume is PRESIDENT

3240 Years old tree PRESIDENT

K.S.V.SESHADRI