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Eastern Poplar
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An unidentified man, with jacket, hat and gloves, is dwarfed by the forked trunk of a specimen of Populus deltoides, judged in 1976 to be the largest of its type in Wisconsin. The tree grew on the J.P. Crombie farm north of Columbus.
1979
Hoffmann, B-Wolfgang
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The Columbus Cottonwood
1982
An unidentified man and boy, probably John Crombie and his son, posing next to the large trunk of an Eastern poplar, Populus deltoides on the Crombie farm near Columbus. The tree is listed in R. Br...
Common Pear
1979
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 cultivated field along North Wauwautosa Road.
Allison and Hoffmann
1979
R. Bruce Allison, left, and B. Wolfgang Hoffman posing in front of the massive trunk of a tree. Allison, an arborist, is the author, and Hoffmann the photographer, of the 1980 book, Wisconsin's Cha...
Douglas Fir
1979
A specimen of Pseudotsuga menziesii standing tall against a backdrop of shorter deciduous trees on the Green Gables Estate. It was judged to be the largest tree of its type in Wisconsin.
White Oak
1979
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.
Basswood
1979
A specimen of Tilia americana (Linden), judged in 1975 to be the largest of its species in Wisconsin, standing in a snowy landscape with smaller trees in the background.
