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Champion Boxelder

Date: 1979
Description: A specimen of Acer negundo judged in 1979 to be the largest known example in Wisconsin. The tree is standing on a lawn at Green Gables, part of the ...
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Thornless Common Honeylocust

Date: 1979
Description: A winter view of a specimen of Gleditsia triacanthos inermis, judged to be the largest of its type in Wisconsin. The tree is standing next to the st...
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European Larch

Date: 1979
Description: A specimen of Larix decidua, judged to be the largest of its type in Wisconsin, standing next to Trinity Episcopal Church.
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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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View of Gays Mills

Date: 1982
Description: Bare trees frame an elevated view of Gays Mills taken from a snowy hilltop, showing Highway 131, lower right, as it curves into Main Street. Highway 171 en...
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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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Pine Street Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A grand white oak standing at the northwest corner of Pine and Hickory Streets. The tree dwarfs the house on the left and branches extend completely across...
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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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Edgewood Drive Oaks

Date: 1982
Description: A very large and well branched bur oak tree standing alongside Edgewood Drive near a small bridge. In the background is another large oak and a conifer. Th...
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Shagbark Hickory

Date: 1982
Description: A tall, shagbark hickory standing alone on a small island in the middle of Edgewood Drive near its west end. A woman walking in the roadway is dwarfed by t...

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