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Freeman Creek

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Freeman Creek Grove
Noteworthy trees
References

Freeman Creek is a tributary of the Kern River above Lake Isabella. Lloyd Meadows Creek is a tributary on the left bank of Freeman Creek at Lloyd Meadows.

Freeman Creek Grove

Freeman Creek Grove (also known as Lloyd Meadow Grove) is a grove of giant sequoias located in Giant Sequoia National Monument in the Sierra Nevada in eastern California. The area is a botanical reserve under administration by the Sequoia National Forest, except for one small inholding. The largest unlogged grove outside of a national park, it covers about {{convert|1425|acre|km2}} in the Freeman Creek Watershed, mainly south of Freeman Creek.^[1]

Noteworthy trees

There are several large sequoias in this grove, including:

Great Goshawk Tree: The largest tree in the grove at {{convert|32783|cuft|m3}}. Named by Bill Croft in 1988, this is the 28th largest giant sequoia in the world.
President George H. W. Bush Tree: This tree was named to commemorate the Presidential Proclamation delivered and signed by President George H. W. Bush to protect, preserve and restore all of the sequoia groves on National Forest System lands throughout the Sierra Nevada. Bush delivered and signed the proclamation while standing beside the tree in 1992.^[2]
Loren's Tree: This is one of the largest trees in the grove, with a volume somewhere between 28,000 and {{convert|30000|cuft|m3}}.
Bannister's Tree: A remnant of a once larger tree, but still around {{convert|26000|cuft|m3}}.
Castro Tree: A telescope giant sequoia.

References

1. ^{{cite web|author=United States Forest Service|title=Freeman Creek Grove|work=Giant Sequoia Groves|publisher=Giant Sequoia National Monument, Sequoia National Forest, United States Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture|location=Porterville, California|year=2010|url=http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/sequoia/recreation/giant_sequoia_groves.html#freeman_creek|accessdate=2011-08-14}}
2. ^Freeman Creek Grove–President George H.W. Bush Tree

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