Big Tree Champions of Maryland Maryland State Champion Tree List
– as of January 17, 2012 A Tribute to State Champions, an
article in the Natural Resources Magazine Summer 2007 Issue
Seeing the Forest Through the Trees The planting, growing and
protection of trees will ensure a solid forest base for years to
come. The Quiet Giant, The Wye Oak The Wye Oak was Maryland's
living symbol of the State Tree, the white oak. The tree was
destroyed in a wind storm on June 6, 2002. Read about the
history of this "quiet giant". Trees are the oldest and largest
of living things. There are several in this state reported to be
more than four centuries old. In 1976, the DNR Forest Service
published a booklet entitled “Maryland’s Bicentennial Trees and
A Listing of Species of Trees Believed to be Living in Maryland
in 1776”. Volunteers from the Maryland Big Tree Program and
local Forestry Boards are working on locating, measuring and
updating this list so it will be ready for our nation’s 250th
anniversary. Currently there ar