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The "Big Tree", near the town of Rockport, Texas, is one of the most famous live oaks in the world after being named "Texas State Champion Virginia Live Oak" (Quercus virginiana) in 1969. The tree retained that title until 2003, when a larger oak was discovered in Brazoria County, Texas. The "Big Tree" is still thought to be one of the largest ...
Cross section of the Mingo Oak's trunk on display at West Virginia University. The Mingo Oak was the largest living white oak; [3] [7] [23] and with the exception of the state's box huckleberries (Gaylussacia brachycera), it was the oldest living flora specimen in West Virginia. [3] [5] [7] The tree was referred to as the "mighty monarch of the ...
The Wye Oak, probably the oldest living white oak until it fell because of a thunderstorm on June 6, 2002, was the honorary state tree of Maryland. Being the subject of a legend as old as the colony itself, the Charter Oak of Hartford, Connecticut is one of the most famous white oaks in America.
White oak: Quercus alba: 1973 [20] Indiana: Tulip tree: Liriodendron tulipifera: 1931 [21] Iowa: Oak (variety unspecified) Quercus spp. 1961 [22] Kansas: Eastern cottonwood: Populus deltoides: 1937 [23] Kentucky: Tulip-tree: Liriodendron tulipifera [24] Louisiana: Bald cypress [a] Taxodium distichum: 1963 [26] Maine: Eastern white pine: Pinus ...
Chinese tallow tree Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) Yes Texas (I) 994 Vernicia fordii: tungoil tree Euphorbiaceae (spurge family) Yes Yes 995 Fabaceae: legume family (peas) Albizia: silk trees and false acacias; Albizia julibrissin: silktree Fabaceae (legume family (peas)) Yes Yes Texas (I) 345 Bauhinia: orchid trees; Bauhinia lunarioides: Texasplume
The largest recorded individual tree of Q. fusiformis in the state of Texas is found in Bosque County [7] [8] (not to be confused with the "Election Oak" or Bosque County Oak). It has a circumference of 870 centimetres (342 in), which is actually larger than the largest recorded Q. virginiana in the state, listed at 860 cm (338 in).
The Arizona white oak is one of the largest southwestern oaks. This tree may grow to 60 feet (18 meters), with a trunk diameter of 1 m (3 ft 3 in). It has stout branches and a spreading crown. The leaves are about 8 centimetres (3 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches) long, thick, and evergreen.
It is in the white oak section, Quercus sect. Quercus, and is also called mossycup oak, mossycup white oak, blue oak, or scrub oak. The acorns are the largest of any North American oak (thus the species name macrocarpa , from Ancient Greek μακρός makrós "large" and καρπός karpós "fruit"), and are important food for wildlife.