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The Charter Oak was an enormous white oak tree growing on Wyllys Hill in Hartford, Connecticut, from around the 12th or 13th century until it fell during a storm in 1856. Connecticut colonists hid Connecticut's Royal Charter of 1662 within the tree's hollow to thwart
Edward A. Richardson (July 10, 1924 – December 19, 2019) was a self-taught tree expert who spent years studying the trees of Connecticut. [1] [2] Richardson, a World War II veteran [3] who made his living in Connecticut's insurance industry, volunteered numerous hours of his time [4] to find, measure and catalog large and interesting trees for the Notable Tree Survey of the Connecticut ...
Chicago Christmas Tree, the annual tree located in Millennium Park in the city of Chicago. Historically, the tree was located in Grant Park and Daley Plaza. Grove Christmas Tree, a 100-foot tree that is lit every year at The Grove at Farmer's Market in Los Angeles, California.
Quercus alba - Eastern White Oak; Quercus bicolor - Swamp White Oak; Quercus coccinea - Scarlet Oak; Quercus ilicifolia - Scrub Oak; Quercus macrocarpa - Bur Oak; Quercus montana - Chestnut Oak
In the 1980s, artist Keith Jennings lived with friends on a farm in St. Simons Island.He decided to kill some time by carving a face in a tree. That first tree spirit became the origin of a now 40 ...
Pinchot Sycamore (May 2015) The Pinchot Sycamore is a large American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) in Simsbury, Connecticut.It is the largest tree in Connecticut. When measured by the Connecticut Botanical Society in 2016, the Pinchot Sycamore's trunk was over 28 feet (8.5 m) around and 100 feet (30 m) tall, with an average canopy diameter of 121 feet (37 m).
Kelly College Prep students held an urban tree planting event in Brighton Park on Saturday.
The Whittier City Council voted on Tuesday night to move forward with razing 83 ficus trees as part of a redesign of its commercial center despite backlash. Whittier to remove more than 80 ficus ...