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The Arkansas Champion Tree Program is a listing of the largest known specimens of particular tree species in the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is updated every five years by the Arkansas Forestry Commission. The program was modeled on the National Register of Big Trees, started by the American Forests organization in 1940. The goal of Arkansas's ...
Quercus acerifolia (also called maple-leaf oak) is a rare North American species of oak in the red oak section of Quercus (known as Lobatae). It is endemic to just four locations within the Ouachita Mountains of the State of Arkansas. [3] [4] The tree sometimes reaches a height of 15 meters (50 feet).
Malus sylvestris - Common Apple (Arkansas State Flower is the Apple Blossom) Acer negundo - Box Elder; Acer species - Maples; Cornus florida - Flowering Dogwood; Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Redcedar; Rhus glabra - Smooth Sumac; Other Rhus species also common; Diospyros virginiana - American Persimmon; Prunus serotina - Black Cherry; Prunus ...
Flame tree: Delonix regia: 1979 [43] Ohio: Ohio buckeye: Aesculus glabra: 1953 [44] Oklahoma: Eastern redbud: Cercis canadensis: 1971 [45] Oregon: Douglas fir: Pseudotsuga menziesii: 1939 [46] Pennsylvania: Eastern hemlock: Tsuga canadensis: 1931 [47] [48] Puerto Rico: Ceiba (unofficial [b]) Ceiba pentandra [49] Rhode Island: Red maple: Acer ...
The genus Quercus contains about 500 known species, plus about 180 hybrids between them. [1] The genus, as is the case with many large genera, is divided into subgenera and sections. Traditionally, the genus Quercus was divided into the two subgenera Cyclobalanopsis, the ring-cupped oaks, and Quercus, which included all the other sections.
cow itch tree; primrose tree; Norfolk Island hibiscus; pyramid tree Malvaceae (mallow family) Thespesia: thespesia trees; Thespesia populnea: portia tree; milo Malvaceae (mallow family) Melastomataceae: melastome family; Tetrazygia: tetrazygia trees; Tetrazygia bicolor: Florida tetrazygia Melastomataceae (melastome family) Meliaceae: mahogany ...
Arkansas and Pulaski counties: Grand Prairie of eastern Arkansas: 8,036: 675.76 sq mi (1,750 km 2) Pulaski County: 119: Little Rock: Dec 15, 1818: Arkansas and Lawrence counties (1818) Casimir Pulaski (1745–1779), the Polish general in the American Revolutionary War: 400,009: 807.84 sq mi (2,092 km 2) Randolph County: 121: Pocahontas: Oct 29 ...
Level III subdivides the continent into 182 ecoregions; of these, seven lay partly within Arkansas's borders. Level IV is a further subdivision of Level III ecoregions. There are 32 Level IV ecoregions in Arkansas, [2] many of which continue into adjacent areas in the neighboring states of Oklahoma, Mississippi, Missouri, Louisiana, Tennessee ...