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Giant Sequoia

Sequoiadendron giganteum

304Records since 2000
MayPeak month
35Counties with records
EndangeredIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan8
Feb31
Mar20
Apr29
May37
Jun27
Jul19
Aug27
Sep18
Oct21
Nov15
Dec10

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Worcestershire England38
2Oxfordshire England21
3West Berkshire England14
4Highland Scotland11
5Herefordshire, County of England9
6Norfolk England7
7Telford and Wrekin England7
8Suffolk England6
9Bracknell Forest England5
10North Yorkshire England4
11Sefton England4
12Rutland England3
13Cambridgeshire England2
14Powys Wales2
15East Ayrshire Scotland2
278 England19 Scotland2 Wales3 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 35 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
304
Peak month
May
Counties with records
35
IUCN Red List
Endangered
Scientific name
Sequoiadendron giganteum
Group
Conifers
NBN Atlas records since 2000
3,012
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Cupressaceae
Genus
Sequoiadendron
Name with authority
Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindl.) J.T.Buchholz

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q149851 · GBIF 2684120