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The Montello Cottonwood

Date: 1982
Description: A large, nearly symmetrical cottonwood standing on the front lawn of a granite-clad colonial revival house on Underwood Avenue (Highway 23). A small sign a...
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The Columbus Cottonwood

Date: 1982
Description: An unidentified man and boy, probably John Crombie and his son, posing next to the large trunk of an Eastern poplar, Populus deltoides on the Crombi...
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Two Leader Tree

Date: 1980
Description: A tall white pine standing along Lowe's Creek south of Eau Claire. The top of the main trunk has been broken off and a secondary leader has grown from a ho...
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Montello Cottonwood

Date: 10 05 2016
Description: A large cottonwood, named Wisconsin's largest tree in the 1970's, standing on Underwood Avenue in front of a two-story granite faced house. There is a cell...
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General MacArthur White Pine

Date: 1946
Description: A group of men and women posing at the base of an enormous white pine, named to honor the famous general. Several people are posing at the base of the tree...
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MacArthur Pine

Date: 1950
Description: A view from the ground looking up the trunk of an enormous white pine named for the famous general. The crown appears disproportionately small due to the h...
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Brule River White Pine

Date: 1962
Description: Two men posing at the trunk of what was for several years the largest recorded white pine in Wisconsin. At the time of this photograph, the tree was though...
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Camperdown Elms

Date: 09 1963
Description: A well-matched pair of weeping elms (Ulmus glabra camperdownii) obscuring the front of a two-story house. A swollen ring around the trunk of each tr...
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Muir Locust

Date: 1953
Description: A man and three women standing at the base of a large tree, identified as the Muir Locust. The tree grew along Observatory Drive on the University of Wisco...
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Muir Locust

Date: 1955
Description: Workers strain to move a heavy limb which has been cut from the large black locust tree which grew along Observatory Drive on the University of Wisconsin c...
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Harvey Oak

Date: 1976
Description: A misshapen, tall black oak standing near a sidewalk leading to the Camp Randall Sports Center on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The center's ...
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The President's Tree

Date: 1982
Description: A large, spreading bur oak standing in a snowy landscape along a sidewalk on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Van Hise Hall is on the right. The...
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Bascom Hill Elms

Date: 1980
Description: Tall, spreading elms line the sidewalks leading up the mall to Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Van Vleck Hall is to the left. St...
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Willow Drive

Date: 1952
Description: A photograph taken with an infra red filter highlights the delicate leaves of willows planted along a road on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus in...
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Willow Drive

Date: 1982
Description: Large specimens of Salix alba line Willow Drive on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Some of the trees date from the 1890s, and many have ...
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The Goff Larch

Date: 1982
Description: This European Larch with two trunks was planted on the lawn of the Agricultural Dean's House on Babcock Drive on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus...
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Autumn Purple White Ash

Date: 1980
Description: A mature white ash (Fraxinus americana) standing on a snow covered slope on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Van Hise hall is on the left...
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Edgewood Drive Oaks

Date: 1982
Description: A very large and well branched bur oak tree standing alongside Edgewood Drive near a small bridge. In the background is another large oak and a conifer. Th...
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Shagbark Hickory

Date: 1982
Description: A tall, shagbark hickory standing alone on a small island in the middle of Edgewood Drive near its west end. A woman walking in the roadway is dwarfed by t...
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Jackson Oak

Date: 1982
Description: A large, spreading white oak standing in front of a fence in a snow covered open area at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum. It is named for Col...

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