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The
Arboretum at Spring Grove Cemetery
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Spring Grove Champion Trees |
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Spring
Grove Cemetery & Arboretum has 21 state champion trees
and 2 national champion trees. If a tree is designated a
champion then it is the largest specimen in the state or
the country. The state of Ohio actively searches for large
trees but that is not the only way a tree can become a champion.
Anyone can nominate a tree. A tree nominee is measured in
three ways: trunk circumference (in.), crown width (ft.),
and height (ft.). Please visit the state's website - http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/tabid/4806/default.aspx
- to find specific instructions on how to correctly measure
and nominate a tree. Current champion trees are remeasured
by the state on a five year rotation. Also on the state's
website has a list of all of Ohio's state and national champion,
their measurements, and their locations. Spring Grove's
champions are scattered all over the arboretum grounds however
their locations are notated on the visitor's map. All of
the champion trees at Spring Grove have a boulder with a
plaque notating their status near the base of each tree.
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Little
Silverbell
Halesia parviflora
Location: Section 16 across from Section 17
Origin: coastal plains of northern Florida and Mississippi
C: 19" H: 16' W: 25'
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Two-winged
Silverbell
Halesia diptera
Location: Section 73 across from section 26
Origin: south central and southwest U.S.
C: 57" H: 44' W: 41'
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American
Fringetree
Chionanthus virginicus
Location: Section 101 across from Section 102
Origin: Southern New Jersey to Florida and Texas
C: 23" H: 16' W: 20'
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American
Yellowwood
Cladastis kentukea
Location: Section 19A across from Section 19
Origin: Not one common area; Scattered throughout the eastern
half of the U.S.
C: 213" H: 49' W: 63'
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Baldcypress
Taxodium distichum
Location: Section 20 across from Section 21
Origin: Indiana to Texas and to the east coast
C: 196" H: 100' W: 56'
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Devil's
Walking Stick
Aralia spinosa
Location: Woodland Parking Lot
Origin: Southern Pennsylvania to Iowa and south to Texas
C: 19" H: 24' W: 14'
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Limber
Pine
Pinus flexilis
Location: Section A, middle of section
Origin: Alberta to Northern Mexico, east to Texas
C: 104" H: 50' W: 46'
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Little
Silverbell
Halesia parviflora
Location: Section 16 across from Section 17
Origin: Coastal plains of northern Florida and Mississippi
C: 19" H: 16' W: 25'
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September
Elm
Ulmus serotina
Location: Section 74 across from Section 106
Origin: Southern Illinois to Alabama, west to Oklahoma
C: 88" H: 89' W: 49'
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Two-winged
Silverbell
Halesia diptera
Location: Section 73 across from Section 26
Origin: South central and southwest U.S.
C: 57" H: 44' W: 41'
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Water
Oak
Quercus nigra
Location: Section 113 across from Section 112
Origin: Southern New Jersey to Florida, west to Texas, and
north to Missouri
C: 126' H: 80" W: 71"
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Western
White Pine
Pinus monticola
Location: Section 52 across from Section 51
Origin: British Columbia to Idaho and California
C: 58" H: 35' W: 34'
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Amur
Corktree
Phellodendron amurense
Location: Section 95 across from Section 110
Origin: Northern China, Manchuria, Japan
C: 157" H: 47' W: 59'
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Cedars
of Lebanon
Cedrus libani
Location: Section 21 on the corner across from the archway
Origin: Lebanon, Cilician Taurus, Turkey
C: 101" H: 51' W: 45'
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Cilician
Fir
Abies cilicica
Location: Section 110 across from Section 99
Origin: Asia Minor, Syria
C: 65" H: 95' W: 20'
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Dawn
Redwood
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
Location: Section 18 across from Section 7
Origin: eastern Szechuan and western Hupeh, China
C: 173" H: 82' W: 46'
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Hardy
Rubber Tree
Eucommia ulmoides
Location: Section 53 across from Sections 95 &77
Origin: Central China
C: 128" H: 56' W: 72'
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Himalayan
Pine
Pinus wallichiana
Location: Section 52 across from Section 53
Origin: Temperate Himalaya at 6,000-12,500' elevation, west
to Afghanistan, east to Nepal
C: 114" H: 87' W: 49'
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Japanese
Zelkova
Zelkova serrata
Location: Between Section A and Barn Service Area, on Green
Line
Origin: Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Manchuria
C: 190" H: 75' W: 51'
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Korean
Fir
Abies koreana
Location: Section 57 across from Section 40
Origin: Korea
C: 79' H: 89' W: 38'
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Oriental
Spruce
Picea orientalis
Location: Section 47 across from Section 57
Origin: Caucasus, Asia Minor
C: 80' H: 87' W: 22'
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Tigertail
Spruce
Picea polita
Location: Section 101 across from Section 103
Origin: Japan
C: 74" H: 58' W: 34'
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Turkey
Oak
Quercus cerris
Location: Section 42 across from Section 51
Origin: Southern Europe, Western Asia
C: 137" H: 85' W: 74'
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