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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 .
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.
Pages in category "Individual trees in Maryland" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. ... Wye Oak This page was last ...
The University of Maryland's nickname is the "terrapins". 1994 [14] Tree: White oak Quercus alba: A long-lived and one of the pre-eminent hardwoods of America. It is also the state tree of Illinois and Connecticut. The Wye Oak was believed to be the largest and oldest white oak, being 540 years old until it fell during a thunderstorm in 2002 ...
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 ...
This is a list of U.S. state, federal district, and territory trees, ... Maryland: White oak (See also: Wye Oak) Quercus alba: 1941 [28] Massachusetts: American elm:
The Richland Wye is the area nestled behind the Yakima River Delta and Columbia River, Highway 240 and the Richland/Kennewick border near the intersection of Columbia Park Trail and North Columbia ...
This list of Maryland state parks includes the state parks and state battlefields listed in the Maryland Department of Natural Resources's current acreage report. [1] Generally, the Maryland Park Service, a unit of and under the authority of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR), is the governing body for these parks, although some ...