Alder Creek Grove

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Alder Creek Grove (also known as Hossack, Pixley, or Ross Creek Grove) is a giant sequoia grove located within the Giant Sequoia National Monument in California, USA.

The grove is home to the Stagg tree, the fifth largest sequoia by volume, and to the Waterfall tree, which has the largest circumference at ground level of any sequoia 155 feet (47 m) - this tree also holds the record for largest diameter at the ground which if mearured down the slope is 57 feet (17 m).

[edit] Noteworthy Trees

Some of the trees found in the grove that are worthy of special note are:

• Amos Alonzo Stagg: Named in 1960 this is the fifth largest tree in the world. The lower trunk is very heavy and very dark red in colour. It has a volume of 42,557 cubic feet.
• Waterfall Tree: This tree has a truly immense base due to a very large basal buttres that extends down the bank. It has a girth of 155 feet, way larger than any other giant sequoia including the Boole tree in Converse Basin which is 113.0 feet and also bigger than the General sherman in Giant Forest the largest tree of all. This tree tapers too much higher up in the tree to be considered a very large sequoia.

[edit] References

• USDA Forest Service - Sequoia National Forest. Retrieved on 2008-04-29.