Nature Corner/Storybook Room - Giant Sequoia Tree

 Nature Corner/Storybook Room for Aug. 17, 2024

Uncle Bob Devine gets a visit from a mighty big fellow, a Giant Sequoia Tree - with a name, General Sherman. The General was around when Moses crossed the Red Sea with the children of Israel.

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When Ranger Bill mentions the giant pines, General Sherman and his relatives are it. They  are certainly the biggest and some of the oldest plants on earth. Bristlecone Pines are older at about 5000 years old. And a Norway Spruce named Old Tjikko in Sweden is a tree that clones itself and is more than 9,500 years old.