What is the name of the largest known living single-stem tree by volume in a National Park Service park?

The General Sherman Tree is the largest known living single-stem tree by volume in a National Park Service park.

This giant sequoia grows in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park, California. Its enormous trunk contains an estimated 52,508 cubic feet of wood, making volume the measurement behind its world-record status.

The tree was named for William Tecumseh Sherman, the American Civil War general. In 1931, comparisons with the nearby General Grant Tree helped establish General Sherman as the largest tree by volume.

Size records can cause confusion. General Sherman is not the tallest tree—that record belongs to a coast redwood—and it is not necessarily the oldest. Its distinction is specifically the volume of its living single trunk.