Montgomery County Forest Conservancy
District Board
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CHAMPION TREES |
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April 2009 |
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57 State Champion Trees in |
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3 National Champions |
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To view the entire 16 page booklet in color, go to: |
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http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/content/dep/Forest/2009register.fullcolor.pdf |
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Location & Owner Abbreviations |
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* State Champion |
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C+O Canal |
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** National Champion |
MCDPWT |
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MCPS |
Montgomery County Public Schools |
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NNI Non-native invasive |
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NHP |
National Historic Park |
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NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
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NPS |
National Park Service |
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SVP |
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TPC |
Tournament Players Club |
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WMA |
Wildlife Management Area |
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| 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 |