Montgomery County Forest Conservancy
District Board
| CHAMPION TREES | (M to Z) | ||||||
| Montgomery County, Maryland | |||||||
| April 2011 | |||||||
| 44 State Champion Trees in Montgomery County | |||||||
| 5 National Champion Trees | |||||||
| KEYS | |||||||
| Status: | Location & Owner Abbreviations | ||||||
| * State Champion | C&O Canal | Chesapeake & Ohio Canal | |||||
| ** National Champion | FASEB | Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology | |||||
| ~ Notable & Signficant Tree | LESEEC | Lathrop E. Smith Environmental Education Center | |||||
| ? Empty Throne | MCDOT | Montgomery County Dept. of Transportation | |||||
| MCFB | Montgomery County Forestry Board | ||||||
| N Native | M-NCPPC | MD-National Capital Park & Planning Commission | |||||
| NNI Non-native invasive | NHP | National Historic Park | |||||
| NIH | National Institutes of Health | ||||||
| WSSC | Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission | ||||||
| Common Name Genus species Circumference (") Height (') Spread (') Total Score Status Location | |||||||
| Owner's Name Nominators' Name | |||||||
| Magnolia Cucumbertree | Magnolia acuminata | 137 | 91 | 52 | 241 | N | Sandy Spring |
| Catherine Farquhar Helen Farquhar | |||||||
| ~ Magnolia Kobus | Magnolia kobus | 133 | 41 | 76 | 193 | Kensington | |
| Irene Edwards Janet Fernandez | |||||||
| Magnolia Saucer | Magnolia soulangiana | 113 | 28 | 52 | 154 | Boyds | |
| Tom & Lois Donlin Victor Pepe | |||||||
| Magnolia Southern | Magnolia grandiflora | 132 | 64 | 50 | 209 | N | Silver Spring |
| Kathy Williams Kathy Williams | |||||||
| ~ Magnolia Star | Magnolia stellata | 58 | 22 | 28 | 87 | Silver Spring | |
| Eric Schupp Mary Howard | |||||||
| Magnolia Sweetbay | Magnolia virginiana | 32 | 36 | 20 | 73 | N | Wheaton |
| M-NCPPC Philip Normandy | |||||||
| Magnolia Umbrella | Magnolia tripetala | 13 | 33 | 16 | 50 | N | Wheaton |
| M-NCPPC Laura Mol | |||||||
| Maple Japanese | Acer palmatum | 102 | 37 | 10 | 149 | Silver Spring | |
| Esther T. Gifford Trees for the Future | |||||||
| ~ Maple Nikko | Acer maximowiczianum | 106 | 94 | 66 | 217 | Chevy Chase | |
| Outdoor Nursery School Barbara Hutchinson | |||||||
| Maple Norway | Acer platanoides | 130 | 66 | 37 | 233 | NNI | Silver Spring |
| David Deppner Francis Deppner | |||||||
| ~ Maple Paperbark | Acer griseum | 48 | 46 | 33 | 102 | Wheaton | |
| M-NCPPC David Vismara | |||||||
| * Maple Red | Acer rubrum | 221 | 77 | 95 | 322 | N | Silver Spring |
| St. John the Baptist Catholic Church Eileen Straughan | |||||||
| Maple Silver | Acer saccharinum | 248 | 102 | 82 | 370 | N | Chevy Chase |
| William Kutzke William Kutzke | |||||||
| Maple Sugar | Acer saccharum | 208 | 74 | 53 | 295 | N | Brinklow |
| Phyllis Huffner Phyllis Huffner | |||||||
| Maple Sycamore | Acer pseudoplatanus | 88 | 48 | 39 | 146 | Silver Spring | |
| Alan Crane Alan Crane | |||||||
| Mimosa | Albizia julibrissin | 39 | 50 | 37 | 98 | NNI | Brookeville |
| Faith Vredenburg John Abernathy | |||||||
| Monkey Puzzle | Araucaria araucana | 37 | 30 | 20 | 72 | Bethesda | |
| Jonathan & Caren Matzkin Diane Lewis | |||||||
| Mountainash European | Sorbus aucuparia | 42 | 42 | 30 | 92 | Rockville | |
| Ursula Sabra Sukinik Ursula Sabra Sukinik | |||||||
| Mulberry Red | Morus rubra | ? | N | ||||
| * Oak Bartram's | Quercus x heterophylla | 135 | 75 | 81 | 230 | N | Beallsville |
| David Harrell Vince Berg | |||||||
| * Oak Black | Quercus velutina | 243 | 87 | 98 | 354 | N | Gaithersburg |
| Seneca Creek State Park Marco A. Fuster | |||||||
| Oak Blackjack | Quercus marilandica | 74 | 74 | 54 | 162 | N | Washington Grove |
| Town of Washington Grove John Bradfield | |||||||
| Oak Chestnut | Quercus prinus | 152 | 106 | 69 | 275 | N | Silver Spring |
| Tanglewood John Parrish | |||||||
| Oak Chestnut | Quercus prinus | 161 | 92 | 20 | 273 | N | Boyds |
| Jay & Anne Cinque Vince Berg | |||||||
| Oak Chinkapin | Quercus muchlenbergii | 185 | 96 | 85 | 302 | N | Carderock |
| C&O Canal NHP John Parrish | |||||||
| Oak English | Quercus robur | 105 | 58 | 67 | 180 | Chevy Chase | |
| Audubon Naturalist Society Joe Howard | |||||||
| Oak Northern Red | Quercus rubra | 232 | 132 | 104 | 390 | N | Silver Spring |
| Jeff & Jill Martinez John Parrish | |||||||
| ~ Oak Oriental (Cork) | Quercus variabillis | 111 | 108 | 97 | 244 | Chevy Chase | |
| Outdoor Nursery School Barbara Hutchinson | |||||||
| Oak Overcup | Quercus lyrata | ? | N | ||||
| Oak Pin | Quercus palustris | 166 | 111 | 94 | 300 | N | Silver Spring |
| Michael & Valerie Petty Michael & Valerie Petty | |||||||
| Oak Pin | Quercus palustris | 130 | 149 | 89 | 301 | N | North Potomac |
| Dufief HOA Vince Berg | |||||||
| * Oak Post | Quercus stellata | 151 | 97 | 109 | 275 | N | Chevy Chase |
| Village of Chevy Chase Village of Chevy Chase | |||||||
| Oak Sawtooth | Quercus acutissima | 107 | 85 | 83 | 213 | N | Silver Spring |
| M-NCPPC Dick Zimmerman | |||||||
| Oak Scarlet | Quercus coccinea | 194 | 105 | 91 | 322 | N | Bethesda |
| Neil & Deborah Fantom Lore B. Kairys | |||||||
| * Oak Shingle | Quercus imbricaria | 165 | 96 | 74 | 280 | N | Sandy Spring |
| Alfred & Judith Ercolani A. Vernor/D. Seivers | |||||||
| * Oak Shumard | Quercus shumardii | 242 | 129 | 123 | 402 | N | Glen Echo |
| C&O Canal NHP Lou Aronica | |||||||
| Oak Southern Red | Quercus falcata | 208 | 91 | 89 | 321 | N | Silver Spring |
| Dean Rogers Dean Rogers | |||||||
| Oak Swamp Chestnut | Quercus michauxii | 100 | 93 | 52 | 206 | N | Potomac |
| M-NCPPC John Parrish | |||||||
| Oak Swamp Chestnut | Quercus michauxii | 106 | 87 | 64 | 209 | N | Potomac |
| C&O Canal NHP John Parrish | |||||||
| Oak Swamp White | Quercus bicolor | 212 | 101 | 77 | 332 | N | Silver Spring |
| M-NCPPC John Parrish | |||||||
| * Oak Water | Quercus nigra | 152 | 85 | 96 | 261 | N | Silver Spring |
| Eric & Joyce Harrison Eric & Joyce Harrison | |||||||
| Oak White "Linden Oak" | Quercus alba | 240 | 107 | 124 | 378 | N | North Bethesda |
| M-NCPPC MCFB | |||||||
| Oak Willow | Quercus phellos | 216 | 94 | 115 | 339 | N | Silver Spring |
| Kelly Traw Pure Energy Real Estate | |||||||
| Osage-orange | Maclura pomifera | 153 | 68 | 47 | 233 | N | Gaithersburg |
| Seneca Creek State Park Joe Howard | |||||||
| Osage-orange | Maclura pomifera | 157 | 60 | 56 | 231 | N | Wheaton |
| M-NCPPC Paul Carlson | |||||||
| Pagodatree Japanese | Sophora japonica | 79 | 52 | 49 | 143 | Silver Spring | |
| Leisure World Joe Howard | |||||||
| Paper-mulberry | Broussonetia papyrifera | 26 | 32 | 29 | 65 | Potomac | |
| C&O Canal NHP Joe Howard | |||||||
| Parrotia Persian | Parrotia persica | 32 | 45 | 26 | 84 | Brookeville | |
| Anne Brooks Anne Brooks | |||||||
| Paulownia | Paulownia tomentosa | 164 | 74 | 73 | 256 | NNI | Gaithersburg |
| Summit Hill Farm Park Frances Kellerman | |||||||
| ** Pawpaw Common | Asimina triloba | 26 | 57 | 19 | 88 | N | Carderock |
| C&O Canal NHP John Parrish | |||||||
| ~ Pear Bradford | Callery Pyrus calleryana | 111 | 61 | 64 | 188 | NNI | Potomac |
| Bolger Center Bolger Center | |||||||
| Pecan | Carya illinoensis | 151 | 104 | 85 | 276 | N | Chevy Chase |
| Stephen Mathias John Wigglesworth | |||||||
| Persimmon Common | Diospyros virginiana | 54 | 77 | 32 | 139 | N | Brinklow |
| Elizabeth Minar Orris Minar | |||||||
| * Pine Eastern White | Pinus strobus | 155 | 101 | 69 | 273 | N | Olney |
| M-NCPPC Mike Little | |||||||
| Pine Himalayan | Pinus wallichiana | 89 | 71 | 48 | 182 | Wheaton | |
| M-NCPPC Philip Normandy | |||||||
| Pine Loblolly | Pinus taeda | 100 | 74 | 64 | 190 | N | Silver Spring |
| M-NCPPC Friends of Sligo Creek | |||||||
| Pine Longleaf | Pinus palustris | 31 | 35 | 18 | 71 | Silver Spring | |
| Becky Charles Joe Howard | |||||||
| * Pine Pitch | Pinus rigida | 96 | 77 | 50 | 186 | N | Washington Grove |
| Town of Washington Grove John Bradfield | |||||||
| * Pine Ponderosa | Pinus ponderosa | 51 | 57 | 32 | 116 | Germantown | |
| Lucy Alexander Lucy Alexander | |||||||
| * Pine Red | Pinus resinosa | 93 | 57 | 36 | 159 | N | Derwood |
| Paul Posey & Carol Kosary Doug Sievers | |||||||
| * Pine Red | Pinus resinosa | 75 | 81 | 31 | 164 | N | Olney |
| Westland Golf Course John Parrish | |||||||
| * Pine Short Leaf | Pinus echinata | 78 | 87 | 44 | 176 | N | Washington Grove |
| Town of Washington Grove John Bradfield | |||||||
| * Pine Short Leaf | Pinus echinata | 82 | 91 | 29 | 180 | N | Potomac |
| Village of Greenbrier P. Estates John Parrish | |||||||
| * Pine Table Mountain | Pinus pungens | 60 | 84 | 32 | 152 | N | Darnestown |
| M-NCPPC John Parrish | |||||||
| * Pine Table Mountain | Pinus pungens | 52 | 89 | 34 | 150 | N | Darnestown |
| M-NCPPC John Parrish | |||||||
| Pine Virginia | Pinus virginiana | 60 | 75 | 35 | 144 | N | Silver Spring |
| Leisure World Joe Howard | |||||||
| ** Pondcypress | Taxodium ascendens | 156 | 103 | 31 | 267 | Darnestown | |
| Gregory & Barbara Linteris Juan Paez | |||||||
| ~ Poplar Lombardy Black | Populus nigra 'Italica' | 81 | 82 | 20 | 168 | Silver Spring | |
| Michael & Kathleen Johns Gary Guenther | |||||||
| Poplar White | Populus alba | ? | N | ||||
| * Redbud | Cercis canadensis | 105 | 33 | 45 | 149 | N | Chevy Chase |
| Michael & Jane Houlihan Jim Harris | |||||||
| * Redbud | Cercis canadensis | 110 | 35 | 33 | 153 | N | Rockville |
| State Highway Administration Marco A. Fuster | |||||||
| Redcedar Eastern | Juniperus virginiana | 152 | 73 | 36 | 234 | N | Rockville |
| Victor Palmeiro John Parrish | |||||||
| ~ Redwood Dawn | Metasequoia glyptostroboides | 215 | 95 | 44 | 354 | Rockville | |
| Gerard Boquel Jim Harris | |||||||
| ~ Russian-olive | Elaeagnus angustifolia | 55 | 39 | 24 | 100 | NNI | Wheaton |
| M-NCPPC Danae Fails | |||||||
| * Sassafras | Sassafras albidum | 132 | 71 | 41 | 213 | N | Silver Spring |
| Kim Apperson & Lisa Ross Joe Howard | |||||||
| Serviceberry Downy | Amelanchier arborea | 28 | 49 | 22 | 88 | N | Barnesville |
| Jim & Peg Coleman Jim & Peg Coleman | |||||||
| * Silverbell Carolina | Halesia carolinia | 89 | 76 | 57 | 179 | N | Silver Spring |
| Nancy Shapiro Richard C. Murray | |||||||
| Snowbell Japanese | Styrax japonicus | 48 | 33 | 29 | 90 | Brookeville | |
| Anne Brooks Anne Brooks | |||||||
| Sourwood | Oxydendrum arboreum | 44 | 58 | 30 | 109 | N | Silver Spring |
| Margaret Madert Margaret Madert | |||||||
| Spruce Blue | Picea pungens | 103 | 50 | 17 | 157 | N | Silver Spring |
| Angela Panza Angela Panza | |||||||
| Spruce Norway | Picea abies | 148 | 100 | 59 | 263 | Brookeville | |
| Faith Vredenburg Donna Will | |||||||
| Spruce Oriental | Picea orientalis | 60 | 78 | 18 | 143 | Takoma Park | |
| Michael & Midori Morgan-Gaide John Parrish | |||||||
| Stewartia Japanese | Stewartia pseudocamellia | 24 | 34 | 17 | 63 | Brookeville | |
| Anne Brooks Anne Brooks | |||||||
| * Sugarberry | Celtis laevigata | 93 | 82 | 55 | 189 | N | Kensington |
| Cedarbrook Swim & Tennis Club Pierre Gagne | |||||||
| * Sumac Staghorn | Rhus typhina | 24 | 20 | 19 | 49 | N | Germantown |
| Montgomery College MCFB | |||||||
| * Sumac Staghorn | Rhus typhina | 27 | 22 | 19 | 54 | N | Germantown |
| Montgomery College MCFB | |||||||
| Sweetgum | Liquidambar styraciflua | 129 | 110 | 83 | 260 | N | Brinklow |
| Elizabeth Minar Orris Minar | |||||||
| Sycamore American | Platanus occidentalis | 254 | 143 | 113 | 425 | N | Poolesville |
| McKee-Beshers Wildlife Mgt. Area Andre Magnuson | |||||||
| Tamarack | Larix laricina | 18 | 34 | 15 | 56 | N | Rockville |
| LESEEC Laurie Jenkins | |||||||
| * Tree-of-Heaven | Ailanthus altissima | 170 | 90 | 67 | 277 | NNI | Silver Spring |
| Barry Galef Barry Galef | |||||||
| * Tupelo Black | Nyssa sylvatica | 202 | 90 | 84 | 313 | N | Spencerville |
| Homesales, Inc. Doug Sievers | |||||||
| ** Viburnum Blackhaw | Viburnum prunifolium | 62 | 26 | 35 | 97 | N | Silver Spring |
| Otto Atzert John Parrish | |||||||
| Walnut Black | Juglans nigra | 179 | 97 | 80 | 296 | N | Olney |
| Montgomery General Hospital Thrift Shop Donna Will | |||||||
| White-cedar Northern | Thuja occidentalis | 91 | 40 | 35 | 140 | N | Silver Spring |
| Anne Scheiner John Parrish | |||||||
| * Willow Black | Salix nigra | 77 | 80 | 31 | 165 | N | Silver Spring |
| M-NCPPC John Parrish | |||||||
| Willow Weeping | Salix babylonica | 168 | 79 | 62 | 263 | Bethesda | |
| NIH Joe Howard | |||||||
| Willow White | Salix alba | 87 | 62 | 47 | 161 | Gaithersburg | |
| Quince Orchard John Parrish | |||||||
| * Yellow-poplar (Tuliptree) | Liriodendron tulipifera | 292 | 152 | 94 | 468 | N | Sandy Spring |
| M-NCPPC Gene Elliott | |||||||
| Yellowwood | Cladrastis lutea | 117 | 78 | 74 | 214 | N | Silver Spring |
| M-NCPPC John Parrish | |||||||
| ~ Yew Japanese | Taxus cuspidata | 50 | 28 | 32 | 86 | Bethesda | |
| FASEB Jeffrey Yocum | |||||||
| ~ Zelkova Japanese | Zelkova serrata | 121 | 72 | 78 | 212 | Bethesda | |
| NIH Edward Russell | |||||||