What is the largest tree EVER known to exist on earth?

Question

Include living, extinct and petrified

Answer 1

General Sherman is the name of a Giant Sequoia . It is one of the tallest Giant Sequoia trees in the world with a height of about 275 feet (84.8 metres). Although not the tallest tree in the world ( coastal redwood being taller), it is the biggest in terms of volume, making it the world's largest known single organism by volume

Answer 2

The redwood. you know, the ones people drive through?!?!?

Answer 3

These trees were discovered/observed in early 2007 by Joseph C. Bennett. The event that destroyed them has also very recently been discovered by Mr. Bennett. Further investigation is ongoing.

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