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	Nashville Tree Foundation works to preserve and enhance Nashville’s urban forest by educating the public, planting trees in urban areas, identifying the oldest and largest trees in Davidson County, and designating arboretums. HOME ACTIVITIES • Big Old Tree Contest • High Tree Party • Releafing Day • Previous Projects • Powerline Approved Trees • Arboretums • Newsletter (PDF) FOUNDATION • Contact Us • About Tree Foundation PLANTING & CARE • Choosing a Tree • Planting a Tree • Caring for Your Tree	ASH • BASSWOOD • BEECH • BIRCH • BOX ELDER • BUCKEYE • BUMELIA • CATALPA • CEDAR • CHERRY • CHESTNUT • CHINESE SCHOLAR TREE • COTTONWOOD • CRAB APPLE • CYPRESS • DOGWOOD • ELM • FIR • FRINGETREE • GINKGO • GOLDENRAIN TREE • GUM • HACKBERRY • HAWTHORN • HEMLOCK • HICKORY• HOLLY • HOPHORNBEAM • HORNBEAM • LINDEN • LOCUST • MAGNOLIA • MAPLE • MIMOSA • MULBERRY • OAK • OSAGE ORANGE • PAWPAW • PECAN • PERSIMMON • PINE • PLUM • POPLAR • REDBUD • REDWOOD • ROYAL PAULONIA • SASSAFRAS • SPRUCE • SWEETGUM • SYCAMORE • TULIP TREE • TUPELO • WALNUT • WILLOW • YELLOWWOOD • ZELKOVA CHINESE SCHOLAR TREE 1988 Front of Buttrick Hall,Vanderbilt University Nominated by Mike Holt Owned by Vanderbilt University 69” circumference, 52’ high, 47’ crown spread TOP COTTONWOOD 2005 Eastern Cottonwood Radnor Lake State Natural Area 1160 Otter Creek Rd. Nominated by Randy Hedgepath Owned by State of Tennessee 132” circumference, 90’ high, 50’ crown spread • Site of High Tree Party 2003 Cottonwood 2219 Pennington Bend Nominated/owned by Ginger Anderson 176” circumference, 102’ high, 80’ crown spread Cottonwood 2219 Pennington Bend Nominated/owned by Ginger Anderson 176” circumference, 102’ high, 80’ crown spread 1996 Cottonwood 6049 Cloverland Dr. Nominated/owned byKatherine R. Working 145” circumference, 126’ high, 57’ crown spread 1995 Eastern Cottonwood 7th Ave. North alley and Madison St. Nominated by BerdelleCampbell Owned by Dede Wallace Center 123” circumference, 91’ high, 73’ crown spread 1991 Cottonwood 803 Lynwood Blvd. Nominated by Mark S. Hackney Owned by Harold Oliphant188” circumference, 84’ high, 65’ crown spread 1988 Cottonwood 563 Valleywood Dr., Nominated/owned by Lorraine Johnson 230” circumference, 173’ high, 108’ crown spread TOP CRAB APPLE 2005 Flowering Crabapple 1808 Guest Dr. Nominated by Ellen Bradbury Owned by Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Bradbury Jr. 111” circumference, 39’ high, 47.5’ crown spread 2004 Crabapple 1221 Nichol Lane Nominated/owned by Shirley Fincannon 372” circumference, 28’ high, 35’ crown spread 1993 Crabapple 411 Rosebank Ave. Nominated by Mark S. Hackney Owned by Shirley Ridings Measurements NA TOP CYPRESS 2008 Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) 3518 Pleasant Valley Road Owned and nominated by Michael Lewis 84” circumference, 75’ height, 9’ crown spread 1993 Cypress Jubilee Hall, Fisk University, Nominated by George Cate Owned by Fisk University 82” circumference, 100’ high, 40’ crown spread • Site of High Tree Party 1993 Cypress Northeast corner of 5th Ave. N. and Van Buren St. Nominated by Berdelle and Ernest Campbell Owned by Werthan Packaging Incorporated 112“ circumference, 95’ high, 36’ crown spread 1991 Cypress 2203 Carter Ave. Nominated by Mark S. Hackney Owned by Ruby M. Smith84” circumference, 88’ high, 37’ crown spread TOP	I WANT TO . . . • Enter a Big Tree • Measure a Tree • See Winners by Year • See Winners by Species • Buy a Book of Winners




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