The Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is an enormous living creature. It has the widest trunk among all the trees on Earth*. However, sequoias are not the tallest trees, but they are really tall, some specimens […]
Monthly Archives: September 2013
Sequoia National Park – California
Last week I went to the Land of Giants to see the largest trees on Earth. The largest tree species is the Giant Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum). Sequoias are not the tallest trees, but they are […]
Ohia Lehua tree at Waahila Ridge – Hawaii
The dominant tree in the Hawaiian rainforests is the ohia lehua (Metrosideros polymorpha). The ohia lehua is a variable evergreen tree, that is endemic to the six largest Hawaiian islands. This species is found in […]