Robert E. Lee (tree)

The Robert E. Lee tree is the second largest Giant Sequoia in the Grant Grove section of Kings Canyon National Park, it also ranks in as the eleventh largest giant sequoia in the world. Richard Field, a confederate lieutenant, named this tree around 1875. Wendell Flint and Mike Law mearsured the tree in 1985 and found it at a volume of 40,102 cubic feet.

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See also

* List of famous trees

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/seki/grantwlk/gg1.htm Virtual Grant Tree Walk]
* [http://www.nps.gov/seki/xmastree.htm General Grant: Our Nation's Christmas Tree]
* [http://www.nps.gov/archive/seki/bigtrees.htm The top 30 giant sequoias]
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