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Sequoiadendron giganteum - Cone - Click to enlarge!

Cone; Murten, Freiburg, Switzerland; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer

Sequoiadendron giganteum - Twigs - Click to enlarge!

Twigs; Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Sequoiadendron giganteum - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Murten, Freiburg, Switzerland; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer

Sequoiadendron giganteum - Branch with cones - Click to enlarge!

Branch with cones; Murten, Freiburg, Switzerland; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer

Sequoiadendron giganteum - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Murten, Freiburg, Switzerland; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer

Sequoiadendron giganteum - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Sequoiadendron giganteum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Wilhelma, Stuttgart, Germany; 9/2007 © Jörn Germer

Sequoiadendron giganteum - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Murten, Freiburg, Switzerland; 8/2009 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 684
Date of entry: 01.01.2008
Last update: 16.08.2023

Common name

English: Giant sequoia

German: Riesenmammutbaum

Mandarin: 巨杉 (ju shan)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2659)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)

    Class: Pinopsida (36)

      Order: Pinales (35)

        Family: Cupressaceae (13)(family description)

          Genus: Sequoiadendron (1)

            Epithet: giganteum (Lindl.) J. Buchholz (5)

Synonym: Sequoia wellingtonia Seem.

giganteum => gigantic, unusually higher than the type

Characteristics

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: brown, green, yellow

External links

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World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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