Montgomery County Maryland Forestry Board

Montgomery County Forest Conservancy
District Board

Champion Tree Winners

 

CHAMPION TREES

Montgomery County, Maryland

April 2007

 

49 State Champion Trees in Montgomery County
1 National Co-Champion
KEYS - Status (comments)    
   * - Current County Champion      RCC - Replacement County Champion
   CCC - County Co-Champion      RSC - Replacement State Champion
   NCC - New County Champion      SC - State Champion
   NCCC - New County Co-Champion      SCC - State Co-Champion
   NSC - New State Champion      ? - Currently No Champion
Common Name Genus Species Circum. (") Height (') Crown(') Total Pts Comments Location Owner's Name Nominator's Name
Ailanthus (Tree of Heaven) Ailanthus altissima 162 94 74 275 * SC, Exotic Silver Spring, Lanier Drive Barry Galef Barry Galef
Alder Red Alnus rubra 38 42 31 88 *  Rockville James Morvay James M. Morvay
Arborvitae American Thuja occidentalis 92 36 32 136 NCC SCC Silver Spring Anne Scheiner John Parrish
Ash Green Fraxinus  pennsylvanica 128 108 65 252 *  Rock Creek SVP M-NCPPC Michael Toker
Ash White Fraxinus  americana 216 95 97 335 * SC EA Sandy Spring, Auburn Village M-NCPPC Dominic Quattrocchi
Aspen Big Tooth Populus grandidentata 48 69 123 148 *  Washington Grove John Bradfield
Aspen Big Tooth Populus grandidentata 54 80 50 147 Wheaton Regional Park M-NCPPC John Parrish
Baldcypress Taxodium distichum 80 83 34 173 RCC Potomac Dr. Qijian Song Joanne Alexander
Beech American Fagus grandifolia 201 106 106 333 RCC Clarksburg  Ruth Garrett Ruth Garrett
Beech Purple Fagus sylvatica v. atropunicea 187 68 78 274 RCC Bethesda FASEB Joe Howard
Birch European White Betula pendula  ?              
Birch Paper Betula papyrifera 71 49 46 132 * SC Silver Spring Richard Anderson  
Birch River Betula nigra 126 75 70 219 * Former SC Silver Spring Joe & Mary Howard Joe & Mary Howard
Birch Sweet or Black Betula  lenta 56 76 44 143 * Layhill M-NCPPC John Parrish
Boxelder Acer negundo 168 66 96 258 CCC Gaithersburg Keith Levin M.L. Windsor
Boxelder Acer negundo 141 95 67 253 CCC Rockville, Grandin Park City of Rockville Joseph D. Kavanaugh
Boxwood ? ?                
Buckeye Red Aesculus pavia 129 35 42 175 *tag 2341 Bethesda, NIH National Institute of Health Lynn Mueller
Buckeye Yellow Aesculus octandra 136 91 60 242 RCC Silver Spring Sligo Creek SVP Joe Howard
Butternut Juglans cinerea ?    
Casta Aralia Kalapanax pictus 22 25 20 52 * Clarksburg, Black Hill Regional Park M-NCPPC Joe Howard
Catalpa Northern Catalpa speciosa 246 76 79 324 *SC EA Darnestown Darnestown Civic Assn.
Catalpa Southern Catalpa bignonioides 222 60 86 304 * Gaithersburg Clark & Marie Day Thomas A. Kitchens
Cedar Blue Atlas Cedrus atlantica 115 52 76 186 * Former SC Germantown Landmark Station Townhomes  
Cedar Deodar Cedrus deodara 98 65 56 177 * Silver Spring James and Grace Boeringer James & Grace Boeringer
Cedar Eastern Red Juniperus virginiana 150 78 30 236 *SC Rockville Victor Palmeiro John Parrish
Cedar of Lebanon Cedrus lebani 125 83 56 222 * Chevy Chase Audubon Naturalist Society Joe Howard
Cedar Port-orford Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 116 64 42 191 * SC Gaithersburg Kathryn Schumacher Jack Schumacher
Cedar, Turkish Cedrus lebani var stenocoma 113 92 46