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The remains of the Wye Oak supporting its clone. The Wye Oak was the largest white oak tree in the United States and the State Tree of Maryland from 1941 until its demise in 2002. [2] Wye Oak State Park preserves the site where the revered tree stood for more than 400 years in the town of Wye Mills, Talbot County, Maryland. [2]
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Pages in category "Individual trees in Maryland" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Wye Oak This page ...
White oak may live 200 to 300 years, with some even older specimens known. The Wye Oak in Wye Mills, Maryland was estimated to be over 450 years old when it finally fell in a thunderstorm in 2002. [9] Another noted white oak was the Basking Ridge white oak in New Jersey, estimated to have been over 600 years old when it died in 2016. The tree ...
Wye Mills is the home of the Wye Mill which has been in nearly continuous operation since 1682. Today, it houses a museum in addition to its mill operations. [2] [3]The Wye Oak (Maryland's honorary state tree, which was destroyed on June 6, 2002, by a severe thunderstorm), was located in Wye Mills.
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Wye Mills, Maryland: MD 662 (Wye Mills Road), 0.3 mile south of MD 404 (Queen Anne Highway) ... The Wye Oak: Wye Mills, Maryland: MD ...
Since the felling of the Wye Oak in June 2002 and Flora's Oak in June 2008, there is an opening for the Maryland State Tree. Although the Travilah Oak is not the oldest or largest White Oak in Maryland, it is one of the healthiest making it a good long term candidate. [5]
dnr.maryland.gov /wildlife /Publiclands /eastern /millington.asp Millington Wildlife Management Area is a 4,000-acre Wildlife Management Area in Kent County, Maryland . The area is ecologically diverse, featuring hardwood forests as well as various types of wetlands , fields, and meadows .
It was also an area where wildlife biologists experimented with plants and planting arrangements which would most benefit wildlife. The area was formerly named the Girdletree Wildlife Management Area, but the name was changed in 1964 to honor Ernest A. Vaughn, the former director of the Maryland Game and Inland Fish Commission. [1]