Adam (tree)

Adam is a giant sequoia and is the 21st largest (20th since the "Washington" tree fell) giant sequoia in the world. It can be found at Mountain Home Grove in Sequoia National Forest in California. It was named around 1884 by Jesse Hoskins, who was also responsible for some room cut out of the Hercules tree, which is located in the same area. The Adam tree appears to be the largest in the grove, but three other trees in the grove surpass it. In 1978, Wendell Flint and Mike Law measured the tree and came to a volume of 35,016 ft3 (991.5 m3), with a girth of about 95 ft (29 m).