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  2. The Big Tree, Rockport - Wikipedia

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    The "Big Tree" is a species of oak called Quercus virginiana. These oak trees can be found from Texas to Florida with their range extending northward to Virginia. The common name for the Quercus virginiana is the live oak but includes the names southern live oak and the Texas live oak too. Live oak growth rate and size vary by location.

  3. Quercus fusiformis - Wikipedia

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    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).

  4. Live oak - Wikipedia

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    According to the Live Oak Society the oldest southern live oak is believed to be the Seven Sisters Oak located in Mandeville, Louisiana with an estimated age of 500–1,000 years. [3] The southern live oak is the official state tree of Georgia. The Seal of Texas includes a live oak branch. A small grove of live oaks on a prairie is known as a ...

  5. Quercus virginiana - Wikipedia

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    The Big Tree is an estimated 1,000-year-old southern live oak located in Rockport, Texas, the largest live oak in Texas. The Boyington Oak, an approximately 180-year-old southern live oak in Mobile, Alabama, that is known for the folklore surrounding its origin. [24] [25]

  6. List of U.S. state and territory trees - Wikipedia

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    Southern live oak: Quercus virginiana: 1937 [15] [16] Guam: Ifit (Pacific teak) Intsia bijuga: 1969 [17] Hawaii: Candlenut tree (kukui) Aleurites moluccanus: 1959 [18] Idaho: Western white pine: Pinus monticola: 1935 [19] Illinois: White oak: Quercus alba: 1973 [20] Indiana: Tulip tree: Liriodendron tulipifera: 1931 [21] Iowa: Oak (variety ...

  7. ‘A tremendous loss’: Tree believed to be oldest in North ...

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    In the 1980s, arborists estimated the age of the tree at 243 years, according to the Texas Historic Tree Coalition. The bur oak was designated a Bicentennial Tree in 1987 in recognition for having ...

  8. List of trees of Texas - Wikipedia

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    Gould's Ecoregions of Texas (1960). [1] These regions approximately correspond to the EPA's level 3 ecoregions. [2] The following is a list of widely known trees and shrubs found in Texas. [3] [4] [5] Taxonomic families for the following trees and shrubs are listed in alphabetical order by family. [6]

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