Montgomery County Maryland Forestry Board

Montgomery County Forest Conservancy
District Board

Champion Tree Winners
 

CHAMPION TREES

(A to L)

 

 

 

 

 

Montgomery County, Maryland

 

 

 

 

 

April 2009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

57 State Champion Trees in Montgomery County

 

 

 

 

3 National Champions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To view the entire 16 page booklet in color, go to:

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/dep/Forest/2009register.fullcolor.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Status:

 

Location & Owner Abbreviations

 

 

 

     *       State Champion

 

C+O Canal

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal

 

 

 

     **      National Champion

MCDPWT

Montgomery Cty Dept of Public Works & Transportation

 

     N      Native

 

MCPS

Montgomery County Public Schools

 

 

     NNI   Non-native invasive

MD SHA

Maryland State highway Admin

 

 

 

 

M-NCPPC

MD-National Capital Park & Planning Commission

 

 

 

NHP

National Historic Park

 

 

 

 

 

NIH

National Institutes of Health

 

 

 

 

 

NPS

National Park Service

 

 

 

 

 

SVP

Stream Valley Park

 

 

 

 

 

TPC

Tournament Players Club

 

 

 

 

 

WMA

Wildlife Management Area

 

 

 

 

 

WSSC

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

 


Common Name Genus Species Circum. (") Height (') Spread(') Total Score Status Location Owner's Name Nominator's Name
* Ailanthus (Tree of Heaven) Ailanthus altissima 170 90 67 277 NNI Silver Spring Barry Galef Barry Galef
* Alder Red Alnus rubra 38 42 31 88 Rockville James Morvay James M. Morvay
Arborvitae Eastern Thuja occidentalis 91 40 35 140 N Silver Spring Anne Scheiner John Parrish
Ash Green Fraxinus pennsylvanica 128 108 65 252 N Rock Creek SVP M-NCPPC Michael Toker
Ash White Fraxinus americana 216 95 97 335 N Sandy Spring M-NCPPC Dominic Quattrocchi
Aspen Big Tooth Populus grandidentata 54 80 50 147 N Wheaton M-NCPPC John Parrish
Baldcypress Taxodium distichum 118 89 52 220 Silver Spring Tim & Francie Hester Joe Howard
Beech American Fagus grandifolia 201 106 106 333 N Clarksburg  Ruth Garrett Ruth Garrett
Beech Purple Fagus sylvatica var. atropunicea 185 66 84 274 Bethesda FASEB Joe Howard
* Birch Paper Betula papyrifera 79 55 65 150 N Silver Spring Audrey Anderson Audrey Anderson
* Birch Paper Betula papyrifera 83 54 47.5 149 N Silver Spring Rhys & Sue Kuklewicz Sue Kuklewicz
Birch River Betula nigra 126 75 70 219 N Silver Spring Joe & Mary Howard Joe & Mary Howard
Birch Sweet or Black Betula lenta 56 76 44 143 N Layhill M-NCPPC John Parrish
Boxelder Acer negundo 170 50 22 242 N Barnesville Stella's Dream Terry Bacas
Boxwood American Buxus sempervirens 43 16 18 64   Brookeville Faith Vredenburg John Abernathy
* Buckeye Red Aesculus pavia 138 29 37 176 Bethesda NIH   Lynn Mueller
Buckeye Yellow Aesculus octandra 141 98 62 255 Silver Spring M-NCPPC Joe Howard
Butternut Juglans cinerea ?  
Castor-Aralia Kalopanax pictus 22 25 20 52 Clarksburg M-NCPPC Joe Howard
* Catalpa Northern Catalpa speciosa 245 77 85 343 N Darnestown Darnestown Civic Assn.  
Catalpa Southern Catalpa bignonioides 226 70 80 316 N Gaithersburg Clark & Marie Day Clark & Marie Day
Cedar Blue Atlas Cedrus atlantica 115 52 76 186 Germantown Landmark Station Townhomes  
Cedar Deodar Cedrus deodara 98 65 56 177 Silver Spring James & Grace Boeringer James & Grace Boeringer
* Cedar Eastern Red Juniperus virginiana 152 73 36 234 N Rockville Victor Palmeiro John Parrish
Cedar of Lebanon Cedrus lebani 125 83 56 222 Chevy Chase Audubon Naturalist Society Joe Howard
* Cedar Turkish Cedrus lebani var. stenocoma 113 92 46 217 Chevy Chase Outdoor Nursery School Barbara Hutchinson
Cherry Black Prunus serotina 144 60 73 222 N Cloverly Park M-NCPPC Holly Thomas
Cherry Kwazan Prunus serrulata 156 50 68 223 Silver Spring Joan Shih Carducci Joan Shih Carducci
Cherry Sweet Prunus avium 111 66 63 193 Bethesda Jean Parker  
Cherry Weeping Prunus subhirtella 'pendula' 127 55 65 198 Bethesda Don & Mary Cuming Don & Mary Cuming
* Cherry Yoshino Prunus yedoensis 178 54 67 249 Bethesda Paul & Anne Colborn  
Chestnut American Castanea dentata 32 65 28 104 N Germantown Barbara Knapp Douglas Boucher
Chestnut American Castanea dentata 49 50 33 107 N Germantown Bethel World O.M. Ron Kuipers
Chestnut Chinese Castanea mollissima 132 65 60 212 Germantown Michael Zanisic
Cottonwood Populus deltoides 153 102 80 275 N C&O Canal NPS Mary Howard
Crabapple Malus angustifolia 53 31 40 94 Barnesville Stella's Dream Victor Pepe
* Crytomeria Cryptomeria japonica 52 54 20 111 Potomac Ted & Mary Nelson Ted & Mary Nelson
* Cypress Japanese False Chamaecyparis pisifera 127 74 35 210 Gaithersburg Kathryn Schumacher Jack Schumacher
* Cypress Leyland Cupressocyparis leylandii 62 50 16 116 Rockville M-NCPPC Joe Howard
Devil's Walking Stick Aralia spinosa 14 18 16 36 N Rockville Mrs. William Banfield Joe Howard
Dogwood Flowering Cornus florida 67 22 38 99 N Burtonsville M-NCPPC Larry Silberman
* Dogwood Kousa Cornus kousa 66 34 37 109 Potomac  Nancy & Tom Madden Meredith Williams
Dove Tree Davidia involucrata 40 38 20 83 Chevy Chase Outdoor Nursery School Barbara Hutchinson
Elm American Ulmus americana 245 81 101 351 N Chevy Chase Robert Bernstein Robert Bernstein
Elm Chinese Ulmus parvifolia 96 77 49 185 Bethesda Society of American Foresters Joe Howard
* Elm English "Goshen Elm" Ulmus procera 261 103 114.5 393 Gaithersburg MCDPWT & M-NCPPC Steven Zepnick
Elm Siberian Ulmus pumila 140 87 98.5 252 NNI Silver Spring Scott Schneider & Miriam Struck Scott Schneider
Elm Siberian Ulmus pumila 162 67 84 250 NNI Silver Spring Liz Berbacos Bill Dingus
Elm Siberian Ulmus pumila 147 89 76 255 NNI Chevy Chase Bruce A. Russell/Jean E. Shorett B.A. Russell/J.E. Shorett
* Elm Smooth Leaved Ulmus carpinifolia var. pendula 217 90 100 332 Rockville City of Rockville Phil Normandy
* Fir Douglass Pseudotsuga menziesii 135 73 53 221 Gaithersburg St. Rose of Lima Church St. Rose of Lima Church
* Fir Nordmann Abies nordmanniana 112 102 48 226 Olney Phil Saba Phil Saba
* Franklinia Franklinia alatamaha 26 27 35 62 N Brookville WSSC Jim Benton
Fringetree Chionanthus virginicus ?            
* Fringetree Chinese Chionanthus retusus 48 45 48 105 Chevy Chase Outdoor Nursery School Barbara Hutchinson
Ginkgo Ginkgo biloba 156 97 75 272 Brinklow Elizabeth Minar Orris Minar
Glorybower Harlequin Clerodendrum trichotomum 24 30 28 61 Chevy Chase Theodora Broulik Frank Broulik
* Golden Rain Tree Koelreuteria paniculata 63 87 48 162 Kensington T.J. & Julie O'Malley  T.J. & Julie O'Malley
* Gum Black Nyssa sylvatica 202 90 84 313 N Spencerville Homesales Inc. Doug Sievers
Hackberry Celtis occidentalis 126 111 69 254 N Rock Creek M-NCPPC Joe Howard
** Hawthorn Cockspur Crataegus crus-galli 26 18 29 51 N Rockville MCPS Dave Honchalk
* Hawthorn Glossy Crataegus nitida 33 30 32 71 Silver Spring Falkland Chase Apartments John Parrish
Hemlock Carolina Tsuga caroliniana 46 42 24 94 N Bethesda NIH   Lynn Mueller
Hemlock Eastern Tsuga canadensis 170 79 65 265 N Bethesda FASEB Lou Small
Hickory Bitternut Carya cordiformis 117 148 74 283 N NW Branch Park M-NCPPC  John Parrish
Hickory Mockernut Carya tomentosa 105 75 43 191 N Silver Spring MCPS John Parrish
Hickory Pignut Carya glabra 124 107 62 247 N M Henson State Pk M-NCCPC John Parrish
Hickory Shagbark Carya ovata 84 127 63 227 N Blockhouse P Park M-NCPPC John Parrish
Holly American Ilex opaca 103 56 50 172 N Bethesda FASEB  
Honeylocust Gleditsia triacanthos 175 96 72 289 N Gaithersburg M-NCCPC Susan Nolde
Horsechestnut Aesculus hippocastanum 174 98 77 291 Dickerson W. S. Farr Family W. S. Farr Family
* Katsura Katsura japonica 140 66 62 222 Rockville Rockville Cemetery Steve Mader
Katsura Cercidiphyllum japonicum 48 38 31 94 Bethesda Ted Leinwand & Joan Goldberg T. Leinwand/J. Goldberg
Kentucky Coffeetree Gymnocladus dioicus 178 100 60 293 N Brookeville Nicholas Weber Nicholas Weber
Linden American (Basswood) Tilia americana 166 105 59 286 N Chevy Chase Audubon Naturalist Society  
* Linden European Tilia europaea 269 87 70 374 Silver Spring Woodland Horse Center  
Linden Little Leaf Tilia cordata 185 98 75 302 Sandy Spring M-NCPPC Holly Thomas
Locust Black Robinia pseudoacacia 182 80 52 275 N Burtonsville Lucille Foster Joe Howard