Big Tree
The current national champion Bigleaf Maple is located in Marion, Oregon. It has a circumference of 305 inches (or a average diameter at breast height of about 8 feet 1 inch), is 88 feet tall, and has a crown spread of 104 feet.
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Famous quotes containing the words big and/or tree:
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—Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)
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