California has General Sherman, a giant sequoia and a champ since 1940, measuring 274.9 feet tall, with 1,400-ton trunk (roughly equivalent to the weight of 15 adult blue whales). No. 2 is the ...

Eventually, the tree may weaken or even die. If we go beyond tree health, there's a bigger takeaway here: using too much mulch wastes money and time. You're paying more for materials and might end ...

Butterfield tracked down the owner of the property on which the tree stood and was told whoever removed the trunk could keep it. “I thought about who could possibly move this trunk, which was 18 ...

Yet Brogan continues to hear about Vermont trees to add to the big tree list. She drove to Strafford in April and hiked 20 minutes up a mountain to see a red oak. "It is amazing. It's probably 400 ...

The Big Tree Hunt contest is on. ... for a white willow in Lansing which was last measured a decade ago with a trunk circumference of 389 inches, ... mountain maple, ...