Sekvojovec v Chabaních, Giant sequoia in Chabaně, Czech Republic

Sekvojovec v Chabaních is a giant sequoia with a trunk circumference of 612 cm measured in 2001, the thickest of its kind in the Czech Republic. Its crown spans 16 m, and the trunk is partly lined with masonry after a lightning strike. It stands by the settlement of Chabaně near Břestek.

The tree was probably planted by Count Zikmund II Berchtold in the early 1870s as one of three sequoias; only this one survives. Its top froze in the severe winter of 1929, and in 1972 lightning split the trunk lengthwise, after which the crown died back and four new tops emerged.

The tree is a finalist in the 2003 Tree of the Year poll, taking seventh place with 1,101 votes. Near it, a small fenced enclosure with four sequoia saplings was built in the late 1990s. The trunk is partly walled in masonry and ringed by a fence.

The trunk is enclosed by a fence and its lightning crack was partly filled with masonry, so the tree is viewed from the path outside the enclosure. The site lies in the Chřiby Nature Park near Břestek; a small fenced bed with four sequoia saplings was added nearby in the late 1990s.

The trunk split lengthwise after a 1972 lightning strike and was partly filled with masonry; the tree then grew four new tops, the tallest now about 8 metres. In 2003 it placed seventh in the Tree of the Year poll with 1,101 votes.