Stagg (tree)

The Stagg tree – the sixth largest tree in the world

The Stagg tree (also formerly known as the Day Tree) is a giant sequoia in Alder Creek Grove. It is the sixth largest tree in the world and is believed to be over 3,000 years old. L. Day noticed the tree in 1931 and, with help from two others, he measured the tree in 1932. The tree was re-named around 1960 for Amos Alonzo Stagg (Stagg was a football coach at the University of Chicago). In 1993 a group of climbers climbed the tree to the very top and found there was a hollow room inside the trunk near the top.

Statistics

Wendell Flint, the author (with photographer Mike Law) of To Find the Biggest Tree, measured the tree in 1977. Below are their measurements:

	Metres	Feet
Height above base	74.1	243.0
Circumference at ground	33.3	109.0
Diameter 1.5 m above base	7.05	22.9
Diameter 18 m (60') above base	5.6	18.2
Diameter 55 m (180') above base	3.8	12.5
Estimated bole volume (m³.ft³)	1,205.0	42,557.0

See also

• List of largest giant sequoias
• List of trees

References

• "USDA Forest Service - Sequoia National Forest". http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/recreation/giant_sequoia_groves.html#alder_creek. Retrieved 2008-04-29.