That is, this tree is so big you can scarcely look at it all. It has a name, the President, bestowed about 90 years ago by admiring humans. It’s a giant sequoia, a member of Sequoiadendron ...
The tree stands 86 feet tall with a 3.9-foot diameter. One of the three sequoia species, the dawn redwood is neither as tall nor as girthy as its relatives, the giant sequoia and coast redwood.