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# A Ball on the Stump of a Giant Sequoia
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/bal-na-pne-gigantskoi-sekvoii/
- Published: 2025-08-05T12:38:51.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:29:12.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Archive, Mores, Nature

A ball on the stump of a giant sequoia. In the largest living specimens of Sequoiadendron giganteum, the trunk reaches 10 metres in diameter.

The oldest giant sequoias growing today are 3,200 to 3,500 years old.

![](https://theparnassian.com/content/images/2026/09/photo_17494@05-08-2025_15-38-51.jpg)