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"Mother of the Forest" in the liackfirouiul . a bifitree killed in 1S54 by having the bark stripped 

 from the trunk. It measures SI feet in circumference at the base without this bark and stands more 

 than 300 feet high. Stanislaus National Forest, Calaveras County, California 



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