Starhill Forest Arboretum

Monumental Trees
Here are some impressive trees
from around the world.

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  Back to home pageThe Mission of Starhill Forest Arboretum Cultivar Introductions Oaks Friends of Starhill Forest Monumental trees More great tree links Starhill Forest participates in many symposiums, conferences, lectures, etc.
 
Some old Buddist temples in China have sacred dragon trees (Long Shu) like this Ficus religiosa at Meli, near the Viet Nam border.
The Illinois Champion Quercus xsubstellata, identified by Guy and nominated by our friend Larry Mahan
 The historic Gilpin house in Dallas City, Illinois is framed by an equally historic American chestnut tree
A monumental Cupressus macrocarpa at Tregrehan in Cornwall
 The Victorian Hamer-Brant Treestone in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois -- truly a "monumental" tree!
 Edie with one of the largest oaks in our county, an 18-foot bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) specimen at the Lyons farm near Petersburg that we have core-dated to about 1740
Huge Grevillea robusta trees (1m diam @) planted in Seville long ago The Athens Trail-Marker White Oak (Quercus alba), core-dated to the 1730s A massive Quercus xhaynaldiana near Istanbul in the Bilezikci Forest, 7 meters in circumference

 

The greatest oak of Hamburg, Germany, a 300-year old Quercus robur at Jenisch Park            The first (ortet) plant of the hybrid oak Quercus xturneri (Q. robur x Q. ilex), never found in the wild until recently in northern Spain, grows at the Royal Botanic Garden Kew

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