giant sequoia

giant sequoia

A massive evergreen conifer with a very thick reddish, fibrous trunk and small woody cones.

Sequoiadendron giganteum

All languages

English: giant sequoia
Norwegian: mammuttre
Japanese: セコイアデンドロン — せこいあでんどろん — sekoiadendoron
Korean: 거삼나무 — geosamnamu
Spanish: secuoya gigante
French: séquoia géant
German: Riesenmammutbaum

Illustrations are AI-generated and translations are undergoing language review.

Reference sources

Oregon State University — giant sequoia pyramidal-oval crown, very thick furrowed fibrous red-brown bark, overlapping awl scale leaves and egg-shaped cones