Holiday Ayo - Trees are an integral part of the world's ecosystems. This is because trees have very important functions, from supplying oxygen to controlling natural disasters. There are various types of trees in the world, including those with very large trunk volumes.

Maybe you've heard of the General Sherman Tree, a giant sequoia plant that is listed as the largest tree in the world. There are many measures to determine the largest tree in the world.

General Sherman is measured by the volume of the trunk. There are also those that are measured based on the area of land occupied by the roots or the extent of coverage of secondary stems.

As cited from merdeka.com, the following is a row of the largest trees in the world measured by trunk volume.

1. The General Sherman Tree

source: National Park Service

General Sherman Tree is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) which is listed as the largest tree in the world by volume that is still alive today. This tree has a trunk diameter of 11 meters, a height of 83.8 meters, and a volume of 1487 cubic meters.

This tree grows towering in the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park in Tulare County, California, United States. The General Sherman is not only gigantic. It is also one of the oldest trees in the world with an age of about 2300-2700 years.

2. Grogan's Fault

source: MD Vaden

He is known as Grogan's Fault, Spartan, or Juggernaut. The location is in Redwood National Park, United States. This is the coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) tree with the largest volume ever found.

Grogan's Fault is also the second largest tree in Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park by single trunk size. Its size can only be surpassed by The General Sherman Tree.

3. Tane Mahuta

source: Department of Conservation

The third largest tree in the world is the Tāne Mahuta. This is a species of kauri tree (Agathis australis) found in the Waipoua Forest, Northland, New Zealand. The volume of this tree trunk reaches 516 cubic meters.

Tāne Mahuta is also known as the God of the Forest, because his name is inspired by the Maori god of the forest and fowl. The age of this tree is estimated at 1250-2500 years. Even more special, this tree is a remnant of an ancient subtropical rainforest that once grew on the North Auckland Peninsula.