Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks posted a photo to Facebook showing the note and the "pine cone" in question, which is actually a giant sequoia cone. The note, which appears to have been ...

That equates to 10% to 14% of the world's mature giant sequoia population, the newspaper said. ... (76 meters) tall — require fire to burst their pine cones and reproduce.

Giant Sequoia is the world's largest tree in terms of total volume. They grow to an average height of 50-85 m (150-280 ft) and 5-7 m (16-23 ft) in diameter. Record trees have been reported to be ...

In 2015 the Rough Fire in the mountains east of Fresno grew so large that it threatened 12 different giant sequoia groves. Unlike the millions of pine and fir trees that were decimated by the blaze, ...

In just six years, between 2015 and 2021, more than 85% of giant sequoia groves burned in wildfires, compared with 25% in the 100 years prior, according to the National Park Service.