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Arbornyms
The names we have historically bestowed upon our significant trees and the stories we tell of the naming say more about us than about the trees.
General Grant Tree

Let’s meet the man after which the largest, and arguably most visited and revered, tree in the world is named.
Read moreThe President Tree
The Stagg Tree

The 5th largest tree was named in 1960 for Amos Alonzo Stagg (1862-1965), a college football coach.
Read moreThe Lee Trees

Two living monuments within Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks are dedicated to Confederate General Robert E. Lee.
Read moreGeneral Sherman Tree

Let’s meet the man after which the largest, and arguably most visited and revered, tree in the world is named.
Read moreJ. Wolverton and the Ghastly End

Sometimes a tale’s ending is so ghastly, we might be tempted to change it in the retelling.
Read moreNaming Sequoia

Sequoia National Park was created in 1890, named for the tree that it was created to preserve. Or was it?
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