Height 77 m | Species Sequoiadendron giganteum | |
The Allen Russell Tree is the 33rd largest giant sequoia in the world. It is also the largest tree in Balch County Park, and is part of the Mountain Home Grove, a sequoia grove located in the southern Sierra Nevada mountains of California.
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History
The Allen Russell tree was measured in 1985 by "big tree hunter" Wendell Flint and photographer Mike Law, who determined that it was at the time the 34th largest tree in the world, in terms of volume, and the largest tree in Balch Park. Today it ranks as the 33rd largest tree. It was subsequently dedicated in 1990 by Tulare County to Allen I. Russell, the ranger of Balch County Park from 1961 to 1990, for his many years of service to the park.
Dimensions
The dimensions of the Allen Russell Tree as measured by Flint and Law are shown below. The calculated volume ignores burns.