Green Lawn's Champion Trees
What is a Champion Tree?
Champion trees are determined on the basis of three measurements.
- Trunk Circumference in inches.
- Vertical Tree Height to the nearest foot.
- Average Crown Spread to the nearest foot.
Points are awarded in the following manner:
- One point for each inch in circumference.
- One point for each foot in height.
- One-quarter point for each foot in average crown spread.
- Total points = Circumference in inches + Height in feet + One-quarter of the average crown spread in feet.
Perhaps you know of a tree that may be eligible for nomination.
For nomination forms and more complete information on how to measure a nominee, visit
the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) website.
Green Lawn's Champion Trees:
Black Maple
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Closely related to Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum) but with darker bark and larger leaves drooping at the sides. Black Maple is a source of sap for maple syrup. This is the largest of our Champion trees and the only Ohio native.
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Douglas Fir
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With bracts of the cones extending beyond the scales that suggest the hind legs of a mouse with the tail between them, this is not a Fir at all but "Pseudotsuga" or "False Hemlock". Named after Scottish botanist David Douglas, this tree can reach a height of 275' in the coastal northwest or 135 feet in interior regions.
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Chinese Juniper
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Our newest addition to the Ohio Big Tree list. An upright tree with brown bark, peeling in long strips; and dark green foliage. Our specimen has some room to grow and with a mature height of 70 feet we expect that this tree will likely retain its champion status for some time to come.
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