EPPO Global Database

Sequoiadendron giganteum(SQUGI)

Overview
Code created in: 2003-05-13

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: SQUGI
  • Preferred name: Sequoiadendron giganteum
  • Authority: (Lindley) Buchholz

Notes

USA (California). One of the tallest tree species, and in particular the one with the greatest volume. Widely planted in the Euromediterranean region and elsewhere as a specimen tree


Other scientific names
Name Authority
Sequoia gigantea (Lindley) Decaisne
Sequoia washingtoniana (Winslow) Sudworth
Sequoia wellingtonia Seemann
Wellingtonia gigantea Lindley

Common names
Name
Language
велингтония Bulgarian
гигантска секвоя Bulgarian
мамутово дърво Bulgarian
secuoya gigant Catalan
sequoia gegant Catalan
sekvojovec obrovský Czech
mammuttræ Danish
mammoetboom Dutch
big tree English
giant redwood English
giant sequoia English
mammoth tree English
Sierra redwood English
wellingtonia English
séquoia géant French
séquoia géant de Californie French
wellingtonia French
Mammutbaum German
Riesensequoie German
Urweltmammutbaum German
hegyi mamutfenyő Hungarian
óriás mamutfenyő Hungarian
sequoia gigante Italian
mamutowe drzewo Polish
mamutowiec olbrzymi Polish
sekwoja olbrzymia Polish
sekwojadendron Polish
welingtonia Polish
sequoia-gigante Portuguese
секвойядендрон гигантский Russian
џиновска секвоја Serbian
sekvojovec mamutí Slovak
mamutovec Slovene
mamutovo drevo Slovene
secuoya gigante Spanish
sequoia gigante Spanish
árbol del mamut Spanish
mammutträd Swedish
секвойядендрон велетенський Ukrainian