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, 07:20, 22 November 2007{{Information |Description=Photograph of the {{MultiLink|Giant Sequoia}} ({{BioLinkSpecies|Sequoiadendron giganteum}}) at the Tyler Arboretum (where it was identified). The tree has been the Pennsylvania state champion since 1
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|Description=Photograph of the {{MultiLink|Giant Sequoia}} ({{BioLinkSpecies|Sequoiadendron giganteum}}) at the [[:en:Tyler Arboretum|Tyler Arboretum]] (where it was identified). The tree has been the [[Pennsylvania]] state champion since 1950. It was planted in 1856. The central trunk was cut off in 1895, resulting in a tree with multiple spires.<ref name="tyler">[http://www.tylerarboretum.org/painter_trees.htm painter_trees.htm]</ref>As of 2006, its circumference is 155 inches, its height 95.4 feet, and it has a spread of 36 feet.<ref name="pabigtree">[http://www.pabigtrees.com/trees/species/sequoiadendron_giant_sequoia.htm sequoiadendron_giant_sequoia.htm]</ref> The tree may be the largest giant sequoia in the eastern United States<ref name="tyler"/>, however there is a taller one reported in Blithewold Gardens, in Bristol, Rhode Island.
<references/>{{Ram-Man Camera 1
| camera = Nikon D50
| lens = Nikon
| focallength = 20
| aperture = 5.6
| shutter = 1/125
}}
|Source=Own Picture.
|Date=Saturday, September 23, 2006
|Author=Photo (c)2006 Derek Ramsey ([[:en:User:Ram-Man|Ram-Man]])
|Permission=
{{User:Ram-Man/StandardMultiLicense}}
{{self2|GFDL-1.2|cc-by-sa-2.5}}
|other_versions=[[:Image:Sequoiadendron giganteum Giant Sequoia Lightning 2448px.jpg]] - The tree's lightning protection system<br/>[[:Image:Sequoiadendron giganteum Giant Sequoia Tyler Arboretum Split 2448px.jpg]] - The central split in the tree's spires</br>[[:Image:Sequoiadendron giganteum Giant Sequoia Tyler Arboretum Top 2150px.jpg]] - The top part of the tree
}}
[[Category:Photographs by Derek Ramsey]]
[[Category:Sequoiadendron giganteum]]
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Sequoiadendron_giganteum_Giant_Sequoia_Tyler_Arboretum_2000px.jpg
|Description=Photograph of the {{MultiLink|Giant Sequoia}} ({{BioLinkSpecies|Sequoiadendron giganteum}}) at the [[:en:Tyler Arboretum|Tyler Arboretum]] (where it was identified). The tree has been the [[Pennsylvania]] state champion since 1950. It was planted in 1856. The central trunk was cut off in 1895, resulting in a tree with multiple spires.<ref name="tyler">[http://www.tylerarboretum.org/painter_trees.htm painter_trees.htm]</ref>As of 2006, its circumference is 155 inches, its height 95.4 feet, and it has a spread of 36 feet.<ref name="pabigtree">[http://www.pabigtrees.com/trees/species/sequoiadendron_giant_sequoia.htm sequoiadendron_giant_sequoia.htm]</ref> The tree may be the largest giant sequoia in the eastern United States<ref name="tyler"/>, however there is a taller one reported in Blithewold Gardens, in Bristol, Rhode Island.
<references/>{{Ram-Man Camera 1
| camera = Nikon D50
| lens = Nikon
| focallength = 20
| aperture = 5.6
| shutter = 1/125
}}
|Source=Own Picture.
|Date=Saturday, September 23, 2006
|Author=Photo (c)2006 Derek Ramsey ([[:en:User:Ram-Man|Ram-Man]])
|Permission=
{{User:Ram-Man/StandardMultiLicense}}
{{self2|GFDL-1.2|cc-by-sa-2.5}}
|other_versions=[[:Image:Sequoiadendron giganteum Giant Sequoia Lightning 2448px.jpg]] - The tree's lightning protection system<br/>[[:Image:Sequoiadendron giganteum Giant Sequoia Tyler Arboretum Split 2448px.jpg]] - The central split in the tree's spires</br>[[:Image:Sequoiadendron giganteum Giant Sequoia Tyler Arboretum Top 2150px.jpg]] - The top part of the tree
}}
[[Category:Photographs by Derek Ramsey]]
[[Category:Sequoiadendron giganteum]]
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Sequoiadendron_giganteum_Giant_Sequoia_Tyler_Arboretum_2000px.jpg