Tree
Society
To about the VT Big Tree
List
Our list of Big Trees
includes diameters as well as circumferences. Further, there are the current National
Champions as they appear in the 2004-2005 National Register which is published
every two years in American Forests magazine and can be found at: www.amfor.org.
TOTAL SCORE = CIRCUMFERENCE in inches +
HEIGHT in feet + Ό AVERAGE CROWN SPREAD (feet); all three numbers,
please.
SPECIES VT
DIAM CIRC HGT CS SCORE YEAR
Alder,
Speckled
1995 example now gone.
87 38 118 MI
Alnus
rugosa
Apple
44
in. 141
in. 038 38 188
03
93 183 239 NH
Malus
sylvestris
Newfane,
Ash,
Black
18
56
084
33
148
92
84 99 281 MI
Fraxinus
nigra
Morristown,
Lamoille Co.
Ash,
Green
28 90 092 29 189 03
95 259 378
MI
Fraxinus
pennsylvanica
W. Castleton, Rutland Co.
Ash
White
61 192 113 73 323 03
83 304 420 NY
Populus
tremuloides
Orange,
Orange Co.
Basswood
(
Tilia
Americana
Windsor,
Windsor Co.
Fagus
grandifolia
W.
Rutland, Rutland Co.
Beech,
American
39
124
084
46
219
03
Same
Fagus
grandifolia
Orwell, Addison Co.
Beech,
Serrated Euro. 56 178 078 78
276
03
None listed.
Fagus
sylvatica var. laciniata
Birch, Black
37
118
077
49
207
02
#### 89 182
280
Betula lenta
Orwell, Addison
Co.
Birch, European White 31 99
083
53
195
03
None listed.
Betula pendula
Vernon,
Windham Co.
Betula
populifolia
W.
Rupert, Bennington Co.
Birch, Paper
42
132
058
64
206
04
#### 96 222 348 MI
Betula papyrifera Arlington, Bennington Co.
Birch, Paper
24
78
085
48
175
03
Birch,
Yellow
56
177
098
45
286
03
03 200 271 ME
Betula
alleghaniensis
Victory,
Essex Co. LOOKS LIKE
OUR YB IS LARGER. CHECK ON IT!**
Nyssa
sylvatica
Ferrisburgh,
Addison Co.
SPECIES
VT
DIAM CIRC HGT CS
TOTAL YEAR
Boxelder
75
236
055
75 309
03
93
214 356 MI
Acer
negundo
Ferrisburgh,
Addison Co.
Buckeye,
Juglans
cinerea
Shaftsbury,
Bennington Co.
Catalpa
speciosa
Benson,
Rutland Co.
Chamaecyparis
nootkatensis
Proctor,
Rutland Co.
Chamaecyparis thyoides
Middlebury
College, Addison Co.
Juniperus
virginiana
Benson,
Addison Co.
Thuja
occidentalis
Orange,
Orange Co.
Prunus
serotina
N.
Rupert, Bennington Co.
Prunus
pennsylvanica
Rupert,
Bennington Co.
Castanea dentata
Berlin,
Washington Co.
Gymnocladus
dioicus
Rutland,
Rutland Co.
Gymnocladus
dioicus
W. Castleton, Rutland Co.
Corktree,
Amur
19
62 038 42
110
03
Not listed with AF
Phellodendron amurensis
Middlebury
College, Addison Co.
Populus
deltoids
Hubbardton,
Rutland Co.
Populus
deltoids
Fayston,
Washington Co.
Populus deltoides
Colchester,
Chittenden Co.
Malus coronaria Waterbury
Ctr., Washington Co.
Cucumbertree
46
146 057 58
217
03
85
293 389 IA
Magnolia
acuminata
Brattleboro, Windham Co.
Dogwood,
Flowering 4
14
032
24 52 03
88 110 154 VA
Cornus
florida
Pownal, Bennington
Co.
Dogwood,
Alternate Leaf
Suspected
Windham Co.
97
41 97
NJ
Cornus
alternifolia
SPECIES VT
DIAM CIRC HGT CS
TOTAL YEAR
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Douglas-fir
24 76 098 36
183
03
98
505 804 WA
Pseudotsuga
menziesii
Strafford, Orange Co.
Elm,
American
58
185 096 95
304
03
97 282 423 MI
Ulmus Americana
Bristol, Addison Co.
Ulmus
camperdowni W.
Cornwall, Addison Co.
Elm,
Slippery
23
73 074 46
158
03
01
232 358 MD
Ulmus
rubra W.
Haven, Rutland Co.
Fir,
Balsam
23 75
060
30 142 estd
03
Abies
balsamea
back
side of Killington. Near Juggernaut Tr. 93 148 259 PA
Fir,
White
36 116 090 33
214
03
90
227 333 UT
Abies
concolor
Burlington, Chittenden Co.
Ginkgo
biloba
Old Bennington, Bennington Co.
Ginkgo
61 194 060 50
267
03
Not listed by AF
Ginkgo
biloba
Montpelier,
Washington, Co.