Fastest growing tree by biomass volume per year for an individual tree

The fastest growing tree by volume of biomass is a giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), known as General Grant in Grant Grove, Kings Canyon National Park, California, USA. Over a period of 16 years, the trunk volume increased by a yearly average of 2.23 m³ (79 ft³) from 1,218 m³ (43,038 ft³) in 1931 to 1,319 m³ (46,608 ft³) in 1976 when it was measured by Wendell Flint (USA). This amount of wood-growth could easily build a three-bedroomed house. At 81 m (268 ft) tall, General Grant is the third largest tree in the world by trunk volume.

General Grant's trunk measures is 8.5 m (28 ft) in diameter at (4 ft 6 in ) above the ground. The tree is also approximately 1,700 years old (which is actually quite young for a giant sequoia producing so much).