I've seen a few 6' dbh pine and fir but I don't think I've seen a 9' lately. I get around the Sierra pretty good but I haven't seen a 9' dbh fir or pine, or cedar for that matter, in many years.
And that 36' Redwood...where's that?
GGll works great, try it.
General Sherman Sequoia national Park, Maximum diameter at base >>> 36.5 ft
Plenty of 10 to 20 ft Redwoods [Sierra and Coastal]
If you "got around the Sierra's" you would already have known that.
Here's a more few West Coast saplings [ CA only] .... [every category has dozens if not hundreds of nominees]
Coast Douglas-fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii var. menziesii
First measured: 1993, last measured: 2002.
Nominated by: Rick Jones
NV State Champion National Champion
Logan Shoals, LTBMU Jedediah Smith Redwoods SP, CA
Circumference: 170 inches(54.1” diameter) 170” 512”
Height: 147 feet 147’ 301’
Crown: 44 feet (11 crown points) 44’ 65’
Total Points: 328 328 829
Location: This tree is located at the north end of the Logan Shore Vista Point off U.S. Highway 50 in
Douglas County, Nevada at an elevation of 6250’; T.14N, R.18E; center Section 22, MDM&B.
California Red Fir, Abies magnifica
First measured in 2004, last measured in 2004
Nominated by: Dave Allessio
CA State Champion National Champion
Yosemite NP, CA Yosemite NP, CA
Circumference: 260 inches(82.8” diameter) 365” 365”
Height: 176 feet 172’ 172’
Crown: 38 feet (10 crown points) 41’ 41’
Total Points: 446 547 547
Location: This tree is located south of Benwood Meadow in El DoradoCounty, California at an elevation
of 8200’, T.11N, R.18E; center Section 18, MDM&B.
Mountain Hemlock, Tsuga mertensiana
First measured: 2004, last measured: 2004
Nominated by: Dave Allessio
CA State Champion National Champion
Alpine County, CA Alpine County, CA
Circumference: 220 inches (69.9” diameter) 277” 277”
Height: 104 feet 113’ 113’
Crown: 45 feet (11 crown points) 44’ 44’
Total Points: 335 401 401
Location: This tree is located along the Tahoe Rim Trail north of Barker Pass at the headwaters of the north
fork of Blackwood Creek in Placer County, California at an elevation of 8000 feet; T.14N, R.16E, NW ¼
Section 5, MDM&B.
Incense-Cedar,Calocedrus decurrens
First measured: 2009, last measured: 2009
Nominated by: Rita Mustatia
CA State Champion National Champion
Marble Mtn Wilderness, CA Marble Mtn Wilderness, CA
Circumference: 337 inches (107.3” diameter) 468” 468”
Height: 132 feet 165’ 165’
Crown: 63 feet (16 crown points) 49’ 49’
Total Points: 485 645 645
Location: This tree is located near the junction of Forest Road 14N42 and Forest Trail 17E01 in the Meeks
Creek drainage approximately one and one-quarter miles west of State Highway 89 in El Dorado County,
California at an elevation of 6320 feet; T.14N, R.17E, SW ¼ of Section 30, MDM&B.
Western (Sierra) Juniper, Juniperus occidentalis
First measured: 2010, last measured: 2010
Nominated by: Scott Parsons
CA State Champion National Champion
Stanislaus NF, CA Stanislaus NF, CA
Circumference: 269 inches(85.5” diameter) 481” 481”
Height: 82 feet 78’ 78’
Crown: 38 feet (9 crown points) 56’ 56’
Total Points: 360 573 573
Location: This tree is located south of Big Meadow east ofthe Tahoe Rim Trail in El DoradoCounty,
California at an elevation of 7500’. The tree is located in a stand of red fir and lodgepole pine, T.11N,
R.18E, NE1/4 Section 28, MDM&B.
Jeffrey Pine, Pinus jeffreyi
First measured: 1998, last measured: 2004, tree died in summer 2006
Nominated by: Scott Parsons
CA State Champion National Champion
Stanislaus NF, CA Stanislaus NF, CA
Circumference: 285 inches(90.7” diameter) 306” 306”
Height: 152 feet 202’ 202’
Crown: 56 feet (14 crown points) 79’ 79’
Total Points: 451 528 528
Location: This tree is located on Pomo Street within the Spring Creek Recreation Residence tract, east of
Taylor Creek in El Dorado County, California at an elevation of 6480’, T.13N, R.17E, SE ¼ Section 34,
MDB&B.
Ponderosa Pine, Pinus ponderosa
First measured: 1995, last measured: 1995
Nominated by: Robert McDowell
CA State Champion National Champion
Plumas NF, CA Plumas NF, CA
Circumference: 277 inches(88.2” diameter) 293” 293”
Height: 168 feet 227’ 227’
Crown: 62 feet (16 crown points) 68’ 68’
Total Points: 461 537 537
Location: This tree is located east of the entrance to the Spring Creek Recreation Residence tract about
500’ south of Highway 89 in El Dorado County, California at an elevation of 6320’, T.13N, R.17E, NW ¼
Section 35, MDM&B.