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{{Short description|Giant sequoia in California, United States}}
[[Image:Boole Tree.JPG|thumb|right|upright|The Boole Tree – sixth largest tree in the world]]
[[Image:Boole Tree Top.JPG|thumb|right|The Boole Tree, top branches mostly dead]]
The '''Boole Tree''' is a [[giant sequoia]] in the [[Giant Sequoia National Monument]], [[Fresno County, California|Fresno County]], [[California]]. The Boole Tree is the eighth tallest sequoia in the world and is the largest in terms of base circumference at 113 feet. It is estimated to be more than 2,000 years old.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Boole Tree {{!}} Giant Sequoia National Monument|url=https://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/gsnm/gsnm-boole-tree.html|access-date=2021-12-04|website=www.fs.fed.us}}</ref> The tree's stature is accentuated by its isolation above the Kings River where it towers over the rest of the forest.<ref>{{cite news |author=John McKinney |date=April 21, 2002 |title=It's Clear-Cut: Converse Basin's Sequoias Were Once Majestic |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-apr-21-tr-hiking21-story.html |work=Morning Tribune |location=Los Angelese, California |access-date=December 11, 2022}}</ref>

The Boole Tree is the largest in the [[Converse Basin Grove]], which is 5 miles (8 km) from the [[General Grant Grove]] in [[Kings Canyon National Park]]. Converse Basin used to be a large grove, but was logged of most of its giant sequoias between 1892 and 1918. Now only perhaps 60–100 large specimens survive out of thousands. However, this grove is still the second largest contiguous grove in the world.

==Namesake==
The Boole Tree was named around 1895 by A.H. Sweeny, a [[Fresno]] doctor, after Franklin A. Boole, a supervisor of the logging operation who spared the tree due to its great size.

==Description==
The Boole Tree was once thought to be the largest tree in the world, but it is now known to be the [[List of largest giant sequoias|sixth largest]], with five other giant sequoias surpassing it in size: the [[General Sherman Tree|General Sherman]], [[General Grant tree|General Grant]], [[The President (tree)|The President]], [[Lincoln (tree)|Lincoln]], and [[Stagg (tree)|Stagg]] trees.<ref name="biggest">{{cite web|url=https://www.nps.gov/seki/learn/nature/bigtrees.htm|title=The Giant Sequoia -- Forest Masterpiece|work=Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park|publisher=U.S. National Park Service|date=2003-02-13}}</ref> Despite this, Boole is still the largest in terms of circumference, with a base measuring {{convert|113|ft|m|abbr=on}}.

Located among shorter [[Salix_scouleriana|Scouler willows]] that have grown in the area following logging, the tree stands out at a height of 268 feet. It is likely growing faster due to a lack of competition in its modified environment, and its survival may also be attributed to the reduction of fuel in the area since logging ceased in the 1900s.<ref name="Giant Sequoia">{{cite book |last1=Hartesveldt |first1=Richard J. |last2=Harvey |first2=H. Thomas |last3=Shellhammer |first3=Howard S. |last4=Ronald E. |first4=Stecker |date=1975 |title=The Giant Sequoia of the Sierra Nevada |url=http://npshistory.com/series/science/giant-sequoia.pdf |page=55 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service }}</ref>

==Dimensions==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Height above base<ref name="Flint">{{cite book|last=Flint|first=Wendell D.|title=To Find the Biggest Tree|year=1987|publisher=Sequoia National History Association|page=95}}</ref>
|{{Convert|268.8|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Circumference at ground
|{{Convert|113.0|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Diameter {{Convert|4.5|ft|m|1|abbr=on}} above highest point on ground<ref name="Flint"/>
|{{Convert|25.4|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Diameter {{Convert|60|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} above base<ref name="Flint"/>
|{{Convert|15.6|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Diameter {{Convert|180|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} above base<ref name="Flint"/>
|{{Convert|11.9|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|-
! Estimated [[bole (botany)|bole]] volume<ref name="Flint"/>
|{{Convert|43,931|ft3|m3|0|abbr=on|disp=table}}
|}

==See also==
* [[Big Lonely Doug]] - a large Douglas fir whose immediate surroundings were also clearcut
* [[List of largest giant sequoias]]
* [[List of oldest trees]]
* [[List of individual trees]]
* {{C|Sequoia National Forest|Sequoia National Forest−related topics}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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{{Kings Canyon National Park}}
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[[Category:Individual giant sequoia trees]]
[[Category:Giant Sequoia National Monument]]
[[Category:Natural history of Fresno County, California]]

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