Missouri's Current Champion Trees

Abbreviations

DNR: Missouri Department of Natural Resources
MDC: Missouri Department of Conservation
C.A.: Conservation Area

Missouri State Champion Trees
Species	Circumference (inches)	Height (feet)	Spread (feet)	Points	County	Location	Owner	Public Access
Alder, common Alnus serrulata	15	30	31	61	Stoddard	Holly Ridge Natural Area	MDC	Y
Ash, blue Fraxinus quadrangulata	101	89	55	204	Boone	Sturgeon City Park	City of Sturgeon	Y
Ash, green Fraxinus pennsylvanica	202	74	70	294	Bollinger	Private Property	Private Property	N
Ash, pumpkin Fraxinus profunda	196	104	78	320	Mississippi	Big Oak Tree State Park	DNR	Y
Ash, white Fraxinus americana	172	107	71	297	Greene	Private Property	Private Property	N
Aspen, bigtooth Populus grandidentata	80	87	50	180	St. Louis City	Tower Grove Park	City of St. Louis	Y
Aspen, quaking Populus tremuloides	37	66	26	110	Sullivan	Union Ridge CA	MDC	Y
Baldcypress Taxodium distichum	327	111	72	456	New Madrid	Private Property	Private Property	N
Basswood, American Tilia americana	251	48	31	307	St. Charles	Private Property	Private Property	N
Basswood, white Tilia heterophylla	158	87	84	266	St. Louis City	Missouri Botanical Garden	Missouri Botanical Garden	Y
Beech, American Fagus grandifolia	209	109	97	342	Cape Girardeau	Old St. Vincent's Seminary	Southeast Missouri State University	Y
Birch, river Betula nigra	130	70	35	209	Butler	Coon Island CA	MDC	Y
Black gum Nyssa sylvatica	117	104	45	232	Ripley	Private Property	The Nature Conservancy	N
Blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium	37	21	22	64	Boone	University of Missouri campus	University of Missouri	Y
Blackhaw, rusty Viburnum rufidulum	21	26	20	52	St. Clair	Private Property	Private Property	N
Boxelder Acer negundo	138	46	65	200	St. Louis	Private Property	Private Property	N
Buckeye, Ohio Aesculus glabra	153	81	56	248	St. Louis	Private Property	Private Property	N
Buckeye, red Aesculus pavia	72	48	37	129	St. Louis	Forest Park	City of St. Louis	Y
Buckthorn, Carolina Rhamnus caroliniana	11	31	12	45	Reynolds	Private Property	Private Property	N
Butternut Juglans cinerea	79	67	51	159	Phelps	Woodson K. Woods CA	MDC	Y
Catalpa, northern Catalpa speciosa	286	79	74	384	DeKalb	Private Property	Private Property	N
Cherry, black Prunus serotina	187	77	69	281	Dent	Private Property	Private Property	N
Chestnut, American Castanea dentata	153	50	65	219	Bates	Private Property	Private Property	N
Coffeetree, Kentucky Gymnocladus dioicus	189	68	54	271	Warren	Private Property	Private Property	N
Cottonwood, eastern Populus deltoides	294	105	97	423	St. Louis	Private Property	Private Property	N
Cottonwood, swamp Populus heterophylla	148	120	51	281	Dunklin	Ben Cash Memorial CA	MDC	Y
Crabapple, prairie Malus ioensis	39	25	30	72	Callaway	Private Property	Private Property	N
Cucumbertree Magnolia acuminata	150	93	74	262	St. Louis	Private Property	Private Property	N
Devil's walking stick Aralia spinosa	17	32	19	54	Lincoln	Private Property	Private Property	N
Dogwood, flowering Cornus florida	59	32	39	101	Mississippi	Private Property	Private Property	N
Dogwood, roughleaf Cornus drummondii	24	21	25	51	St. Louis	Private Property	Private Property	N
Elm, American Ulmus americana	236	85	126	353	Johnson	Private Property	Private Property	N
Elm, cedar Ulmus crassifolia	139	97	50	249	Butler	Coon Island CA	MDC	Y
Elm, rock Ulmus thomassi	196	79	76	294	St. Louis	Private Property	Private Property	N
Elm, slippery Ulmus rubra	225	64	111	317	Lafayette	Private Property	Private Property	N
Elm, winged Ulmus alata	38	65	21	108	Shannon	Private Property	Private Property	N
Farkleberry Vaccimium arboreum	12	14	16	30	Bollinger	Private Property	Private Property	N
Fringe tree Chionanthus virginicus	21	18	23	45	St. Louis City	Private Property	Private Property	N
Hackberry Celtis occidentalis	210	91	100	326	St. Louis	Private Property	Private Property	N
Hackberry, dwarf Celtis tenuifolia	28	37	21	70	Camden	Private Property	Tan-Tar-A Resort	Y
Hawthorn, downy Crataegus mollis	39	28	27	74	St. Louis	Rockwoods Reservation	MDC	Y
Hawthorn, green Crataegus viridis	33	34	27	74	Howell	Private Property	Private Property	N
Hickory, bitternut Carya cordiformis	133	129	85	283	Perry	Private Property	Private Property	N
Hickory, black Carya texana	131	80	71	229	Butler	Private Property	Private Property	N
Hickory, mockernut Carya tomentosa	132	135	92	359	Scott	Private Property	Private Property	N
Hickory, pignut Carya glabra	114	126	90	263	Cape Girardeau	Private Property	Private Property	N
Hickory, shagbark Carya ovata	121	143	82	285	Stoddard	Private Property	Private Property	N
Hickory, shellbark Carya laciniosa	146	125	25	277	Wayne	St. Francis riverbottoms	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Y
Hickory, water Carya aquatica	134	96	57	244	Butler	Coon Island CA	MDC	Y
Holly, American Ilex opaca	78	57	32	143	Pemiscot	Private Property	Private Property	N
Hophornbeam, eastern Ostrya virginiana	44	36	43	91	Cape Girardeau	Private Property	Private Property	N
Hornbeam, American Carpinus caroliniana	98	41	62	155	St. Louis City	Private Property	Private Property	N
Juniper, Ashe Juniperus ashei	102	20	23	128	Taney	Private Property	Private Property	N
Locust, black Robinia pseudoacacia	188	74	87	284	Grundy	Private Property	Private Property	N
Locust, honey Gleditsia triacanthos	215	66	69	298	Callaway	Private Property	Private Property	N
Maple, black Acer nigrum	123	59	71	200	Harrison	Private Property	Private Property	N
Maple, red Acer rubrum	200	107	57	321	Phelps	Woodson K. Woods CA	MDC	Y
Maple, silver Acer saccharinum	252	84	107	363	Jackson	Private Property	Private Property	N
Maple, sugar Acer saccharum	149	96	64	261	Wayne	Wappapello Lake	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Y
Mulberry, red Morus rubra	185	44	73	247	St. Louis	Bellefontaine Cemetery	Bellefontaine Cemetery	Y
Oak, black Quercus velutina	222	126	137	382	Scott	Private Property	Private Property	N
Oak, blackjack Quercus marilandica	122	61	53	196	Howell	Private Property	Private Property	N
Oak, bur Quercus macrocarpa	295	74	129	401	Boone	McBaine	Private Property	Y
Oak, cherrybark Quercus pagoda	277	105	138	417	Scott	Scott City Park	City of Scott City	Y
Oak, chinkapin Quercus muehlenbergii	185	106	74	310	Boone	Private Property	Private Property	N
Oak, northern red Quercus rubra	218	110	96	352	Wayne	Wappapello Lake	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Y
Oak, Nuttall Quercus texana	157	118	51	288	Dunklin	Ben Cash Memorial CA	MDC	Y
Oak, overcup Quercus lyrata	114	64	76	197	Nodaway	Northwest Missouri State University campus	Northwest Missouri State University	Y
Oak, pin Quercus palustris	191	100	113	319	Vernon	Private Property	Private Property	N
Oak, pin Quercus palustris	172	125	88	319	Franklin	River Round CA	MDC	Y
Oak, post Quercus stellata	218	83	91	324	Stoddard	Private Property	Private Property	N
Oak, scarlet Quercus coccinea	165	150	97	339	Wayne	Lake Wappapello	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers	Y
Oak, shingle Quercus imbricaria	188	94	100	307	St. Louis City	Bellefontaine Cemetery	Bellefontaine Cemetery	Y
Oak, shumard Quercus shumardii	223	126	85	370	Butler	Private Property	Private Property	N
Oak, southern red Quercus falcata	254	101	96	379	Stoddard	Private Property	Private Property	N
Oak, swamp chestnut Quercus michauxii	238	111	72	367	Dunklin	Wilhelmina CA	MDC	Y
Oak, swamp white Quercus bicolor	187	100	113	315	Adair	Rotary Park	City of Kirskville	Y
Oak, water Quercus nigra	188	87	94	299	Ripley	Private Property	Private Property	N
Oak, white Quercus alba	254	85	120	369	Dent	Private Property	Private Property	N
Oak, willow Quercus phellos	230	73	93	326	Scott	Private Property	Private Property	N
Osage-orange Maclura pomifera	259	86	68	362	Howard	Private Property	Private Property	N
Pawpaw Asimina triloba	38	43	17	85	Howell	Mark Twain National Forest	U.S. Forest Service	Y
Pecan Carya illinoensis	197	132	100	354	St. Louis	right-of-way Butler Hill Road	St. Louis County	Y
Pecan Carya illinoensis	236	86	114	351	Cooper	Private Property	Private Property	N
Persimmon Diospyros virginiana	97	122	38	229	Mississippi	Big Oak Tree State Park	DNR	Y
Pine, shortleaf Pinus echinata	158	58	58	231	McDonald	Private Property	Private Property	N
Planertree Planera aquatica	124	46	60	185	Butler	Coon Island CA	MDC	Y
Plum, hortulan Prunus hortulana	37	30	35	76	Boone	East Port Park	City of Columbia	Y
Plum, Mexican Prunus mexicana	40	31	31	79	Sullivan	Private Property	Private Property	N
Plum, wild Prunus americana	32	24	43	67	St. Charles	Private Property	Private Property	N
Plum, wild goose Prunus munsoniana	32	26	33	66	Boone	Private Property	Private Property	N
Possumhaw Ilex decidua	24	19	35	52	St. Louis City	Private Property	Private Property	N
Redbud, eastern Cercis canadensis	123	23	28	153	Butler	Private Property	Private Property	N
Redcedar, eastern Juniperus virginiana	139	64	35	212	Carter	Private Property	Private Property	N
Sassafras Sassafras albidum	197	56	39	263	Barry	South Park	City of Monett	Y
Serviceberry, downy Amelanchier arborea	49	27	22	81	Shannon	Private Property	Private Property	N
Smoke tree Cotinus obovatus	95	41	39	146	Jackson	Vaile Mansion	City of Independence	Y
Soapberry, western Sapindus drummondii	80	76	56	170	Jefferson	Private Property	Private Property	N
Sugarberry Celtis laevigata	202	60	81	282	Boone	Private Property	Private Property	N
Sugarberry Celtis laevigata	204	59	79	283	Franklin	Private Property	Private Property	N
Sumac, winged Rhus copallinum	11	24	11	38	Benton	Private Property	Private Property	N
Swamp privet Forestiera acuminata	24	30	38	64	St. Louis City	Tower Grove Park	City of St. Louis	Y
Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua	159	144	57	317	Mississippi	Big Oak Tree State Park	DNR	Y
Sycamore, American Platanus occidentalis	244	108	146	389	Ralls	Private Property	Private Property	N
Sycamore, American Platanus occidentalis	228	138	106	393	Perry	Private Property	Private Property	N
Sycamore, American Platanus occidentalis	231	128	128	391	St. Louis	Pacific Palisades CA	MDC	Y
Tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera	230	117	113	375	St. Louis	Private Property	Private Property	N
Tupelo, water Nyssa aquatica	322	90	46	424	Butler	Allred Lake CA	MDC	Y
Wahoo, eastern Euonymus atropurpureus	107	38	40	155	St. Louis	Private Property	Private Property	N
Walnut, black Juglans nigra	175	97	100	297	Greene	Hazelwood Cemetery	City of Springfield	Y
Yellowwood Cladrastic kentukea	87	51	45	149	Jackson	Private Property	Private Property	N
Yellowwood Cladrastic kentukea	92	40	53	145	Nodaway	Northwest Missouri State University campus	Northwest Missouri State University	Y