AMERICAN FORESTS has documented the largest known specimens of every native and naturalized tree in the United States since 1940. The largest tree of its species in the country is known as the National Champion.
There is much more than beauty, size, and strength of trees. Big trees provide much needed cooling shade and abundant places for wildlife to perch and nest. They also provide us with carbon dioxide, trap pollutants, and purify water. Most trees outlive humans-100-200 years is not unusual. They do develop problems as they age from disease and insects, weather-wind, rain, and drought. Sadly, they are often seen as "in the way" for property development and are cut down.
Mature trees in neighborhoods are an attractive feature. I know of several newer developments in my area where the existing trees have been saved and incorporated into the community for all to enjoy.
This beautiful yellow poplar-tulip tree-(Liriodendron tulipifera L) located in Stevenson, WA. won an award in 2002 as one of the largest non-native trees in Skamania County.
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Hello Amy - your article caught my attention because of a recent discovery in a remote area of our province here in British Columbia. It hardly seems possible, but apparently a student discovered a grove of 2000 year old giant red cedars - not in the rain forest, which is their natural habitat!
Believe it or not, the student soon realized the valley with several of these groves was slated for logging, which a group is now lobbying against.
http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=1f545299-e642-41fc-badb-b13a4cf505a8
Hi Deborah, It sounds like beautiful cedar trees, I hope they can be saved!