What it takes to become a champion tree in the Chesapeake Bay region

Recognizing “big trees” raises awareness of their benefits

By Rachel Felver |
A cucumber tree, believed to have been planted in 1718, grows in Colonial Heights, Va. (Photo courtesy Polly Hutchinson/Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Cropped and Toned)
A monument to the fallen Wye Oak displays a large chunk of the tree's trunk at Wye Oak State Park in Talbot County, Md., on July 31, 2009. Seedlings grown from Wye Oak acorns are released for sale every five years. (Photo courtesy Jeff Weese/Flickr CC BY 2.0, Cropped)
One of the largest swamp white oaks in Pennsylvania grows at Bald Eagle State Park in Centre County, Pa. (Photo courtesy Nicholas A. Tonelli/Flickr CC BY 2.0)

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