Adam (tree)

Adam (tree)

The Adam Tree is a giant sequoia and is the 20th largest giant sequoia in the world, it is located in Mountain Home Grove which is a sequoia grove located in Sequoia National Forest in the Sierra Nevada in eastern California. The Adam tree was named around 1884 by Jesse Hoskins, who was also responsible for the room cut out of the Hurcules tree which is also in Mountain Home Grove. The Adam tree is one of the largest looking trees in the grove, but in matter of fact three other trees in the grove are larger. Wendell Flint and Mike Law mearsured the tree in 1978 and came to a volume of 35,017 cubic feet, with a girth of 95 feet.


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