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Champion Tree List of Eligible Species
A tree is defined as a "woody plant having one erect perennial stem (trunk) at least three inches in diameter at a point 4-1/2 feet above the ground, a definitely formed crown of foliage, and a mature height of at least 13 feet."
| Common Name | Scientific Name |
|---|---|
| alder, common | Alnus serrulata |
| ash, blue | Fraxinus quadrangulata |
| ash, green | Fraxinus pennsylvanica |
| ash, pumpkin | Fraxinus profunda |
| ash, white | Fraxinus americana |
| aspen, bigtooth | Populus grandidentata |
| aspen, quaking | Populus tremuloides |
| baldcypress | Taxodium distichum |
| basswood, American | Tilia americana |
| basswood, white | Tilia heterophylla |
| beech, American | Fagus grandifolia |
| birch, river | Betula nigra |
| black gum | Nyssa sylvatica |
| blackhaw | Viburnum prunifolium |
| blackhaw, rusty | Viburnum rufidulum |
| bladdernut | Staphylea trifolia |
| boxelder | Acer negundo |
| buckeye, Ohio | Aescultus glabra |
| buckeye, red | Aescultus pavia |
| buckthorn, southern | Bumelia lycioides |
| buckthorn, carolina | Rhamnus caroliniana |
| buckthorn, woolly | Bumelia lanuginosa |
| butternut | Juglans cinerea |
| catalpa, northern | Catalpa speciosa |
| cherry, black | Prunus serotina |
| cherry, choke | Prunus virginiana |
| chestnut, American | Castanea dentata |
| chinquapin, Ozark | Castanea pumila var. ozarkensis |
| coffeetree, Kentucky | Gymnocladus dioica |
| corkwood | Leitneria floridana |
| cottonwood, eastern | Populus deltoides |
| cottonwood, swamp | Populus heterophylla |
| crab apple, narrow-leaved | Malus angustifolia |
| crab apple, prairie | Malus ioensis |
| crab apple, sweet | Malus coronaria |
| cucumbertree | Magnolia acuminata |
| Devil's walking stick | Aralia spinosa |
| dogwood, alternate-leaf | Cornus alternifolia |
| dogwood, flowering | Cornus florida |
| dogwood, gray | Cornus racemosa |
| dogwood, rough-leaf | Cornus drummondii |
| dogwood, stiff | Cornus foemina |
| dogwood, swamp | Cornus amomum |
| elder, red-berried | Sambucus racemosa |
| elm, American | Ulmus americana |
| elm, cedar | Ulmus crassifolia |
| elm, rock | Ulmus thomasii |
| elm, slippery | Ulmus rubra |
| elm, winged | Ulmus alata |
| farkleberry | Vaccinium arboreum |
| fringe tree | Chionanthus virginicus |
| hackberry | Celtris occidentalis |
| hackberry, dwarf | Celtis tenuifolia |
| hawthorn, cockspur | Crataegus crus-galli |
| hawthorn, downy | Crataegus mollis |
| hawthorn, green | Crataegus viridis |
| hawthorn, Washington | Crataegus phaenopyrum |
| hickory, bitternut | Carya cordiformis |
| hickory, black | Carya texana |
| hickory, mockernut | Carya tomentosa |
| hickory, pignut | Carya glabra |
| hickory, sand | Carya pallida |
| hickory, shagbark | Carya ovata |
| hickory, shellbark | Carya laciniosa |
| hickory, water | Carya aquatica |
| holly, American | Ilex opaca |
| hophornbeam, eastern | Ostrya virginiana |
| hoptree, common | Ptelea trifoliata |
| hornbeam, American | Carpinus caroliniana |
| juniper, ashe | Juniperus ashei |
| locust, black | Robinia pseudo-acacia |
| locust, honey | Gleditisia triacanthos |
| locust, water | Gleditsia aquatica |
| maple, black | Acer nigrum |
| maple, red | Acer rubrum |
| maple, silver | Acer saccharinum |
| maple, sugar | Acer sacchrum |
| mulberry, red | Morus rubra |
| oak, black | Quercus velutina |
| oak, blackjack | Quercus marilandica |
| oak, bur | Quercus macrocarpa |
| oak, cherrybark | Quercus pagoda |
| oak, chinkapin | Quercus muehlenbergii |
| oak, dwarf chinkapin | Quercus prinoides |
| oak, northern red | Quercus rubra |
| oak, Nuttall | Quercus texana |
| oak, overcup | Quercus lyrata |
| oak, pin | Quercus palustris |
| oak, post | Quercus stellata |
| oak, scarlet | Quercus coccinea |
| oak, shingle | Quercus imbricaria |
| oak, shumard | Quercus shumardii |
| oak, southern red | Quercus falcata |
| oak, swamp chestnut | Quercus michauxii |
| oak, swamp white | Quercus bicolor |
| oak, water | Quercus nigra |
| oak, white | Quercus alba |
| oak, willow | Quercus phellos |
| Osage-orange | Maclura pomifera |
| pawpaw | Asimina triloba |
| pecan | Carya illinoinensis |
| persimmon | Diospyros virginiana |
| pine, shortleaf | Pinus echiniata |
| planertree | Planera aquatica |
| plum, chickasaw | Prunus angustifolia |
| plum, hortulan | Prunus hortulana |
| plum, Mexican | Prunus mexicana |
| plum, wild | Prunus americana |
| plum, wild goose | Prunus munsoniana |
| possumhaw | Ilex decidua |
| redbud, eastern | Cercis canadensis |
| redcedar, eastern | Juniperus virginiana |
| sassafras | Sassafras albidum |
| serviceberry, downy | Amelanchier arborea |
| smoke tree | Cotinus obovatus |
| soapberry, western | Sapindus drummondii |
| sugarberry | Celtis laevigata |
| sumac, smooth | Rhus glabra |
| sumac, winged | Rhus copallina |
| swamp privet | Forestiera acuminata |
| sweetgum | Liquidambar styraciflua |
| sycamore, American | Platanus occidentalis |
| tuliptree | Liriodendron tulipifera |
| tupelo, water | Nyssa aquatica |
| wahoo, eastern | Euonymus atropurpureus |
| walnut, black | Juglans nigra |
| willow, black | Salix nigra |
| willow, Carolina | Salix caroliniana |
| willow, Missouri | Salix eriocephala |
| willow, peach leaved | Salix amygdaloides |
| willow, pussy | Salix discolor |
| willow, sandbar | Salix interior |
| willow, silky | Salix sericea |
| winterberry | Ilex verticillata |
| witch hazel, Eastern | Hamamelis virginiana |
| witch hazel, Ozark | Hamamelis vernalis |
| yellowwood | Cladrastis kentukea |
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