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Champion River Birch

Date: 1979
Description: A specimen of Betula nigra judged in 1963 to be the largest example of the species in Wisconsin. The tree has a low fork with three major branches. ...
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Champion Shagbark Hickory

Date: 1979
Description: A specimen of Carya ovata judged in 1979 to be the largest example of the species in Wisconsin. The tree stands on the Blackhawk Country Club golf c...
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Common Pear

Date: 1979
Description: A specimen of Pyrus communis, judged to be the second largest of its type in Wisconsin, growing among smaller trees and shrubs at the edge of a cult...
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White Oak

Date: 1979
Description: A specimen of Quercus alba, judged to be the largest of its species in Wisconsin, standing alone in a pasture on a sunny summer day.
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Taliesin Elm

Date: 02 1982
Description: A large American elm, Ulmus americana, standing amid the snow covered stubble in a cornfield. Taliesin, the home of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, is...
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Dean Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A large white oak in a snowy landscape along County Trunk Highway S. The tree is asymmetrical, missing portions of several major limbs. There is a silo an...
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Quivey's Grove Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A bare, large bur oak appears almost as a silhouette against the sky and snow-covered ground. It is standing on the grounds of Quivey's Grove Restaurant at...
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Grant County Sycamore

Date: 1979
Description: A mature sycamore tree standing in front of farm buildings and a silo. There is a mailbox and fire number sign at the edge of a road in the foreground. The...
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Chief Tokaunee Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A very large, spreading bur oak standing in a snow-covered field. There are small conifers planted in the foreground. The oak bears the name of a Ho-Chunk...
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Willow Drive

Date: 1982
Description: Large specimens of Salix alba line Willow Drive on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Some of the trees date from the 1890s, and many have ...
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Maple Tree

Date: 1982
Description: A large soft maple tree stands beside a small house with plastic sheeting on the porch screens. There is a barn with a silo in the background, and snow on ...

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