No - a large tree grows at lower rates, but puts on much more mass (sequesters much more carbon) per year. edit: see figure 6 in https://journals.plos.org/plos

No - a large tree grows at lower rates, but puts on much more mass (sequesters much more carbon) per year. edit: see figure 6 in https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0181187 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal..., for example. And http://science.time.com/2014/01/15/study-shows-older-trees-absorb-more-carbon/ http://science.time.com/2014/01/15/study-shows-older-trees-a... (https://www.nature.com/articles/nature12914 https://www.nature.com/articles/nature12914) specifically for redwoods. Key quote: "at the extreme, a single big tree can add the same amount of carbon to the forest within a year as is contained in an entire mid-sized tree"