Atlanta Champion Tree list- 2012

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I have just finished editing the new 2012 Champion Tree List for metro Atlanta. This program is sponsored by Trees Atlanta and will be posted on their website in the near future (2011's list is still up for now).  I've attached the file as a pdf.

Trees of note (and some pictures):

Fagus grandifolia - 12.4' x 121.7'x 110'

               

                       

                                       

               

Fraxinus americana - 14' x 131.6' x 56.3'

               

                       

                                       

               

Liriodendron tulipifera - 16' x 151.6' x 89.5' (Emory's campus)

               

                       

                                       

               

               

                       

                                       

               

Liriodendron tulipifera - 11.5' x 164.4' (leaf on measurement)

Oxydendrum arboreum - 6.2' x 99.4' x 38' (old Civil war battle site in SW Atlanta)

Populus deltoides- 20.8' x 86' x 86' (middle of midtown Atlanta)

               

                       

                                       

               

Quercus alba - 14.6' x 138.1' x 96'

Quercus falcata - 19' x 94.1' x 111'

               

                       

                                       

               

Quercus coccinea - 12.8' x 133.1' x 87' (Emory's campus)

Quercus pagoda - 23' x 102' x 130' (state champ, but miss-ID'd as falcata)

               

                       

                                       

               

Quercus rubra - 20.1' x 123.4' x 115' (front yard tree!)

Quercus shumardii - 16.9' x 123.1 x 107' (Emory's campus, adjacent to Peachtree Creek)

               

                       

                                       

               

Quercus velutina - 12.3' x 125.9' x 90' (Piedmont Park, small forested area)

Tilia heterophylla - 7.2' x 127.8' x 50'

Ulmus alata - 8.6' x 124.6' x 50'



Enjoy!
~Eli

[Larry Tucei]

Eli,   Great job with your listing. It refreshing to know that a city as large as Atlanta can have such huge wonderous trees!  I must remember to visit some of them the next time I come up.  Larry

[Tyler]

Eli,

Very nice listing. Impressive number of species reaching both large girths and heights.

Tyler

[dbhguru]

Eli,

    I'll add my two cents worth. Your listing does us all proud. You have revealed Atlanta to be a big tree city on equal footing with any other eastern metropolis for which we have data. We have so little information for most of the country's large metropolitan areas. Thanks to Steve Galehouse and Rand Brown, Cleveland is on the map. And thanks to the Pennsylvania A-team, Philadelphia is also, and from Darian Copiz's posts and Will Blozan's work, we have some trees in the Washington D.C. area, but we actually haven't even scratched the surface. What lurks in places like, say, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, or Detroit? Who knows? As we know, old estates and urban parks often have trees that dwarf the nth-growth stuff growing out in the surrounding countryside.

    For me the downside of tree hunting in urban areas is dealing with the congestion. I salute you and the others who are able to handle the traffic, persevere in finding legal parking, getting permission from owners, and enduring the stares of people who can't image what you're doing with your gadgets. Please keep up the good work.

Bob

[eliahd24]

Thanks guys!  It's been quite fun exploring the hidden pockets of forest in Atlanta, along with backyard trees and even those on private property- with permission of course ;)

Just when I think I've found all the champions (by total points or height), inevitably I stumble upon more hidden gems.  For instance, just after leaf out I found a pocket of forest at Emory with MULTIPLE tuliptrees over 163' tall along with the tallest Sycamore I've yet found.  Always more out there!