List created and maintained by Colby B. Rucker, corrected to January 2004
The following trees are the tallest of their species accurately measured in the Great Smoky Mountains national Park. All are growing in the wild, and of natural origin. One tree, the Boogerman Pine, has both its current and 1995 heights listed. Bob Leverett and Will Blozan took the 1995 measurements. The 1995 height of 207 feet is the highest accurate measurement obtained for any tree in the eastern United States within modern times. This noble pine is proof that modern eastern trees can, at least on rare occasion, reach 200 feet in height, if left sufficiently long to grow. Reports of 200-foot tall pines in Michigan and a 200-foot tall swamp chestnut oak in Alabama are not reliable. The Boogerman Pine stands alone as the only legitimate 200-foot tree in the East and the white pine stands as the only eastern species living today that has been measured to heights of 180 feet or more. Significant height measurements for eastern trees are listed from time to time in the National Register of Big Trees and in state level counterparts. However, with the exception of those trees measured by members of the Eastern Native Tree Society, virtually all, if not all, reflect poor measurement methodologies as described in much of the Eastern Native Tree Society literature on how to measure tree heights accurately.
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park contains the most extensive old-growth forests in the eastern United States. The Great Smoky Mountains are noted for their great variety of native trees, and the large size attained by those species. Exceptionally tall trees reflect the optimum growing conditions a combination of abundant rainfall, rich soils, and moderate temperatures. Fortunately, most of the forest within the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has escaped the limiting factors common to most of the eastern United States logging, development, and agricultural activities. As a consequence, this is the premier site for studies of maximum tree heights.
These trees outstanding
examples of sixty species - have been carefully measured by members of the
Eastern Native Tree Society, using direct measurement or laser-based techniques,
principally a double-triangulation sine-top/sine-bottom laser/clinometer
procedure. Combinations of these
approaches are often used in dense cover and challenging terrain. Traditional clinometer-baseline and
similar-triangle methods have proved notoriously unreliable and are not
accepted. In the interest of brevity,
and to facilitate height comparisons, species are grouped according to height,
taxonomy and habitat. Examples from
both the Tennessee and North Carolina sides of the park are shown, as well as
many state co-champions and extinct champions.
The dates of measurement are included.
Eastern
white pine Pinus
strobus
186.0 11 5.0 N.C. Boogerman Pine. Near eastern end Boogerman Loop Trail (off Caldwell
Creek Trail), Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan & Jost
183.2 7 10 N.C. Dales Demise, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 7/26/02, Blozan 6/23/03
181.6 10 7.0 N.C. Sag Branch, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan before 12/11/99
176.5 8 11.0 N.C. Cataloochee Creek (lower part, west side), Haywood Co. Davie 7/12/03
176.3 9 6.0 N.C. Bennett Branch (between Big Creek and Cataloochee Creek), Haywood Co. Davie 7/13/03
175.0 10 8.5 Tenn. Rabbit Creek Trail, near Scott Gap, Blount Co. (before crown breakage) Blozan 9/8/96
175.0 8 8.0 N.C. Cataloochee Creek (lower part, west side), Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Davie 7/6/03
174.6 11 3.0 N.C. Steep slope near power line cut, Hoglen Branch (tributary of Winding Stairs Branch),
Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 1/11/03
173.4 N/A N.C. Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/10/02
x207.0 11 5.0 N.C. (Boogerman Pine) Height before top breakage (Hurricane Opal, Oct 1995) Blozan 8/24/95
Eastern
hemlock Tsuga
canadensis
167.0* 12 8.0 N.C. Jim Branch Giant. Jim Branch (west side), Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 3/29/03
166.1 12 4.5 N.C. Caldwell Fork Trail, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 9/3/96
164.7 16 10.0 Tenn. Ramsay Branch, south slope Greenbrier Pinnacle, Sevier Co. Blozan 7/22/96
162.5 14 11.0 N.C. Upper Caldwell Fork, west of Double Gap Branch,
south of Caldwell, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie Oct 2000
159.8 12 9.5 N.C. Upper Caldwell Fork, west of Double Gap Branch,
south of Caldwell, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie Oct 2000
159.7 16 1.0 N.C. Upper Caldwell Fork, west of Double Gap Branch,
south of Caldwell, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie Oct 2000
157.8 6 5.0 Tenn. Rabbit Creek, Blount Co. Blozan
157.4 10 6.5 Tenn. Roaring Fork Mountain, near 1000 Drips, Sevier Co. Blozan 6/29/96
x169.8* 12 5.0 N.C. Winding Stairs Branch, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co.
(Tsali Hemlock, dead by 11/6/01) Blozan before Aug 1999
x168.9* N/A N.C. Winding Stairs Branch, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co.
(Yonaguska Hemlock, dead by 11/6/01) Blozan before Aug 1999
* drop-line measurement
Other
Conifers (five
species)
1. Red spruce Picea
rubens
152.0 N/A N.C. Thicket Branch, Swain Co. Blozan, before Aug 1999
2. Pitch pine
Pinus rigida
135.4 6 1.0 Tenn. Abrams Creek campground vicinity, Blount Co. Blozan 8/26/96
135.0 N/A Tenn. Porters Creek, Greenbrier Section, Sevier Co. Blozan
3. Shortleaf pine
Pinus echinata
132.3 6 1.0 Tenn. Abrams Creek campground vicinity, Blount Co. Blozan 8/26/96
131.6 5 4.5 Tenn. Abrams Creek campground vicinity, Blount Co. Blozan 8/26/96
4. Virginia pine
Pinus virginiana
111.0 N/A Tenn. Panther Creek, Blount Co. Blozan
5. Tablemountain pine
Pinus pungens
88.4 3 11.5 Tenn. Parsons Branch Road, Blount Co. Blozan 6/8/96
x 98.0 8 2.0 Tenn. Sevier Co. (tree now dead bark beetles) Blozan
Tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera
177.4 11 0 N.C. Lower flats, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. (177.2 Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03) Blozan 8/16/03
176.8 8 4.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
176.7 8 1.0 N.C. Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Leverett 4/24/03
175.5 20 6.0 N.C. Left Fork, Deep Creek, Swain Co. Blozan, before Aug 1999
174.8 10 3.0 N.C. Bettis Branch, Haywood Co. Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
174.6 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/23/02
174.3 10 3.0 N.C. Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan 8/16/03
174.2 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Jost 12/7/02
173.5 14 3.0 N.C. Jim Branch (west side), Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 3/23/03
173.3 12 4.0 N.C. Jim Branch (west side), Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 3/23/03
173.3 10 3.0 N.C. Jim Branch (west side), Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 3/23/03
173.1 11 7.0 Tenn. Little Laurel Creek, Greenbrier District, Sevier Co. Blozan 3/11/96
173.1 7 3.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
172.9 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/23/02
172.8 11 2.0 N.C. Jim Branch (west side), Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 3/23/03
172.4 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Leverett, before Jan 1999
172.1 8 5.0 N.C. Deep rocky cove, Mouse Creek (upper portion), Big Creek watershed, Haywood Co. Blozan & Riddle 5/24/03
172.1 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Jost 12/7/02
171.8 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/23/02
171.7 19 5.0 N.C. Dude Branch, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Davie 11/23/03
171.2 11 0* N.C. Half Acre Ridge, Cataloochee, Haywood Co. Blozan 1/14/02
170.5 10 0 N.C. Mouse Creek (tributary of Big Creek), Haywood Co. Blozan & Riddle 5/24/03
170.2 7 9.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
170.0 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/23/02
169.6 14 1.5 Tenn. Boulevard Prong, Sevier Co. Blozan 9/13/96
168.9 10 7.0 N.C. Jim Branch watershed, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 7/26/02
168.7 14 4.0 N.C. Lower flats, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
* tentative measurement
Ash Fraxinus (two species)
1. White ash Fraxinus
americana
165.8 12 5.0 N.C. Big Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. (159.0 Blozan 1998) (163.5 Jost & Blozan) Blozan 12/7/03
155.2 N/A N.C. Bettis Branch, Haywood Co. Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
148.2 4 8.0 N.C. Upper prong southwest fork, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
142.1 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/23/02
139.5 10 4.0 N.C. Upper prong, southwest fork, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
138.9 6 10.0 N.C. Bettis Branch, Haywood Co. Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
135.8 13 2.0 Tenn. Ramsay Prong (south slope Greenbrier Pinnacle), Sevier Co. Blozan 1/21/96, D&J Riddle Apr 2001
2. Green ash Fraxinus pennsylvanica
139.0 9 6.0 N.C. Big Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
134.9 7 0 N.C. Big Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
83.0 12 2.0 Tenn. Cades Cove Loop Road, Blount Co. Blozan 6/8/96
Black
locust Robinia pseudoacacia
162.0 6 1 N.C. Bettis Branch, Haywood Co. Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
152.2 N/A N.C. Chasteen Creek Trail, Swain Co. Blozan before Aug 1999
149.0 6 3.0 Tenn. False Gap Prong, Sevier Co. D&J Riddle Apr 2001
148.4 4 10.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
147.0 5 1.0 Tenn. False Gap Prong, Sevier Co. D&J Riddle Apr 2001
143.8 5 7.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
140.2 4 8.0 N.C. Old railroad berm, Big Creek (upstream of confluence w/Baxter Cr.), Haywood Co. Blozan 7/13/03
137.8 8 4.0 N.C. Baxter Creek (lower section), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
American Sycamore Platanus occidentalis
162.3 9 7.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
158.6 8 3.0 N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan 8/16/03
156.9 4 6.0 N.C. Old railroad berm, Big Creek (upstream of confluence w/Baxter Creek), Haywood Co. Blozan 7/13/03
155.0 7 4.0 N.C. East of Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan 8/16/03
154.2 9 0 N.C. Big Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. (159.6 Blozan before 1/13/03) Blozan 12/7/03
153.7 7 0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
152.7 13 0 Tenn. Near Tremont, Blount Co. Blozan before Aug 1999
152.7 9 6.5 Tenn. Lynn Camp Prong, Sevier Co. Blozan 7/12/96
151.6 13 8.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. (double trunk) Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
150.3 10 2.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
147.8 3 9.0 N.C. Old railroad berm, Big Creek (upstream of confluence w/Baxter Cr.), Haywood Co. Blozan 7/13/03
147.3 3 4.0 N.C. Old railroad berm, Big Creek (upstream of confluence w/Baxter Cr.), Haywood Co. Blozan 7/13/03
146.6 4 0 N.C. Old railroad berm, Big Creek (upstream of confluence w/Baxter Cr.), Haywood Co. Blozan 7/13/03
146.0 N/A N.C. Haywood Co. Blozan 4/13/03
144.7 3 4.0 N.C. Old railroad berm, Big Creek (upstream of confluence w/Baxter Cr.), Haywood Co. Blozan 7/13/03
144.0 3 0 N.C. Old railroad berm, Big Creek (upstream of confluence w/Baxter Cr.), Haywood Co. Blozan 7/13/03
142.6 5 1.0 N.C. Old railroad berm, Big Creek (upstream of confluence w/Baxter Cr.), Haywood Co. Blozan 7/13/03
140.8 4 3.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
138.7 5 10.0 N.C. Baxter Creek (lower section) Blozan 1/19/03
137.1 9 2.0 N.C. Baxter Creek ( middle section), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
128.5 3 3.0 N.C. Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/10/02
Walnut
Family Juglandaceae (five species)
1. Bitternut hickory
Carya cordiformis
156.3 5 4.0 N.C. Upper portion of Mouse Creek (tributary of Big Creek), Haywood Co. Blozan & Riddle 5/24/03
154.3 7 0 N.C. Baxter Creek (middle section), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
150.9 11 1.0 Tenn. Lower Mt. Cammerer Horse Trail, Cocke Co. Blozan 3/29/96
150.5 9 0 N.C. Upper prong of southwest fork, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
147.8 8 3.0 N.C. Bettis Branch, Haywood Co. Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
146.4 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/23/02
143.9 N/A N.C. Hurricane Creek, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Davie 12/15/02
142.2 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/23/02
140.9 11 2.0 N.C. Old railroad berm, Big Creek (upstream of confluence w/Baxter Cr.), Haywood Co. Blozan 7/13/03
2. Pignut hickory
Carya glabra
151.4 9 7.0 Tenn. Mill Creek, Cades Cove (north side, 2350 elevation), Blount Co. Blozan 2/18/96
3. Black walnut
Juglans nigra
131.2 5 0 N.C. Baxter Creek (stream corridor), Haywood Co. Blozan before 1/13/03
128.0 4 7.0 N.C. Baxter Creek (lower section), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
104.4 7 2.5 Tenn. Grassy Branch Trail, Gatlinburg District, Sevier Co. Blozan 8/12/96
4. Shagbark hickory
Carya ovata
125.4 6 6.0 Tenn. Twin Creeks Trail, Sevier Co. Blozan 9/23/96
125.0 8 2.0 Tenn. Blount Co. Blozan
125.0 9 1.0 N.C. Upper Den Branch, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 5/19/02
124.9 7 4.5 N.C. Townsend Wye, Chestnut Tops Trail, Blount Co. Blozan 6/8/96
5. Butternut Juglans cinerea
102.5 4 1.0 Tenn. Near summer camp, Elkmont, Sevier Co. Blozan 7/18/96
Maple Acer (five species)
1. Sugar maple Acer
saccharum
151.0 11 1.0 Tenn. Kalanu Prong, Sevier Co. Blozan before Aug 1999
144.2 10 7.0 N.C. Upper prong of southwest fork, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
138.3 10 5.0 N.C. Upper prong of southwest fork, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
129.2 9 8.0 N.C. Upper prong of southwest fork, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
2. Red maple Acer
rubrum
142.4 10 5.0 N.C. Upper prong of southwest fork, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
141.0 23 0.5 Tenn. Indian Camp Creek, Maddron Bald Trail, Cocke Co. Blozan 9/22/94 (nc)
141.0 11 3.5 Tenn. Ramsay Cascades Trail near Middle Prong, Sevier Co. Blozan 8/3/96
137.3 8 8.0 N.C. Cataloochee Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan 6/23/03
120.7 15 0 N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
3. Boxelder Acer
negundo
89.1 4 11.5 Tenn. Sugarlands Visitors Center, Sevier Co. Blozan 6/29/96
4. Striped maple
Acer pensylvanicum
77.0 3 8.0 Tenn. Trillium Gap Trail, Sevier Co. Blozan 1997 (nc)
70.1 2 4.5 N.C. Hemphill Bald Trail, Haywood Co. Blozan 9/15/96
5. Mountain maple
Acer spicatum
42.0 2 11.5 Tenn. Snake Den Ridge Trail, 1 km north of Appalachian Trail, Cocke Co. Blozan 10/9/95
White
basswood Tilia heterophylla
148.9 N/A N.C. Haywood Co. Blozan 4/13/03
147.0 5 8.0 N.C. Jim Branch (west side), Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 3/23/03
142.3 6 0 N.C. Jim Branch (west side), Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 3/23/03
140.9 7 3.0 N.C. Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan 8/16/03
140.9 5 7.0 N.C. Jim Branch, (west side), Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 3/23/03
140.5 5 6.0 N.C. Jim Branch (west side), Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 3/23/03
138.4 7 1.0 N.C. Baxter Creek (stream corridor), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
138.0 11 6.0 Tenn. Sevier Co. Blozan
135.3 N/C N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/23/02
135.0 9 6.0 N.C. Lower flats, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
132.2 N/C N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/23/02
129.3 4 10.0 N.C. Hyatt-Heintooga Road, Swain Co. Blozan 9/7/96
124.0 5 3.0 N.C. Baxter Creek (lower section), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
Beech
Family Fagaceae (nine species)
1. White oak Quercus alba
147.1 10 11.0 N.C. Middle portion, eastern prong Winding Stairs Branch, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 2/23/03
123.0 12 0 Tenn. Ramsay Cascades Trail, Sevier Co. D&J Riddle Apr 2001
2. Chestnut
oak Quercus prinus
144.4 18 6.0 Tenn. Mill Creek, Cades Cove, north side, 2400 elev., Blount Co. Blozan 2/18/96 (nc)
140.7 11 4.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
140.7 9 2.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
139.0 12 0d N.C. Sag Branch, Cataloochee Valley, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan before 4/6/03
134.3 9 8.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
131.0 6 8.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
3. Northern red
oak Quercus rubra
142.8 9 8.0 N.C. Baxter Creek (stream corridor), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
140.9 N/A N.C. Hurricane Creek, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Davie 12/15/02
139.5 16 10.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
139.1 17 6.0 Tenn. West bank of Boulevard Prong, Sevier Co. Blozan 4/21/96
139.0 N/A N.C. Great Smoky Mountains National Park Blozan
138.7 13 0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
135.6 6 11.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
132.5 11 6.0 N.C. Lower Baxter Creek (along creek), Haywood Co. Blozan 7/13/03
130.4 15 4.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
4. Black oak Quercus velutina
136.0 5 6.0 N.C. Big Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan 12/7/03
126.3 11 6.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
124.6 4 5.0 N.C. Lower Baxter Creek (old field flats), Haywood Co. Blozan 7/13/03
122.3 5 1.0 N.C. Lower Baxter Creek (old field flats), Haywood Co. Blozan 7/13/03
119.6 3 6.0 N.C. Baxter Creek (lower section), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
104.7 11 2.5 Tenn. Ramsay Cascades Trail, Sevier Co. Blozan 8/3/96
104.4 11 1.0 Tenn. Grassy Branch Trail, Gatlinburg District, Sevier Co. Blozan 8/12/96
5. American beech
Fagus grandifolia
126.7 8 6.0 N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
124.5 9 7.0 Tenn. Roaring Fork Mountain, north Grotto Falls Parking, Sevier Co. Blozan 1/4/96
121.0 12 9.0 Tenn. Meigs Creek Trail, Blount Co. Blozan 4/12/96
120.3 10 7.0 N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
111.1 7 3.0 N.C. Caldwell Fork Trail, Cataloochee, Haywood Co. Blozan 9/3/96
6. Scarlet
oak Quercus coccinea
126.0 8 7.0 Tenn. Blount Co. Blozan
95.0 9 3.0 N.C. Cataloochee Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan 6/23/03
7. Southern red oak
Quercus falcata
98.6 6 11.5 Tenn. Gold Mine Trail, Blount Co. Blozan 6/7/96
8. Shingle oak Quercus imbricaria
96.8 7 6.0 Tenn. Little River Road Blozan 7/18/96
9. Chinquapin
oak Quercus muhlenbergii
67.8 12 1.0 Tenn. Cades Cove Loop Road, Blount Co. Blozan 6/8/96
Rose
Family Rosaceae (three species)
1. Black cherry
Prunus serotina
146.0 14 8.0 Tenn. Ramsay Cascade Trail, Sevier Co. Van Pelt, before Aug 1999
121.8 6 6.0 N.C. Hyatt-Heintooga Road, Swain Co. Blozan 9/7/96
120.8 3 4.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
2. Allegheny serviceberry Amelanchier laevis
100.9 6 5.5 Tenn. West bank of Porters Creek, 1 km south of Lowes Creek, Sevier Co. Blozan 3/20/96 (nc)
3. Pin cherry Prunus
pensylvanicum
93.0 4 8.0 N.C. Hyatt-Heintooga Road, Swain Co. Blozan 9/7/96
88.5 3 11.0 Tenn. Double Trestle Branch, Tremont, Blount Co. Blozan 7/24/96
Magnolia Magnolia (three species)
1. Cucumbertree
Magnolia acuminata
145.0 10 11.0 N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/23/02
145.0 N/A Tenn. Cove Mountain Trail, Sevier Co. Blozan
142.2 8 10.0 Tenn. Laurel Falls Trail, south slope Chinquapin Ridge, Sevier Co. Blozan 1/5/96
134.3 7 1.0 N.C. Baxter Creek ( middle section), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
2. Fraser magnolia
Magnolia fraseri
120.5* 9 10.0 Tenn. Cannon Creek watershed, Greenbrier Section, Sevier Co. J&D Riddle 1998 (nc)
111.7 N/A N.C. Mouse Creek (tributary of Big Creek), Haywood Co. Blozan & Riddle 5/24/03
110.0 8 2.0 N.C. Upper prong of southwest fork, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
3. Umbrella magnolia
Magnolia tripetala
64.0 2 11.0 Tenn. Porters Flat, Greenbrier Section, Sevier Co. D&J Riddle
* clinometer/tape measurement
Yellow
buckeye Aesculus
octandra (A. flava)
143.9 N/A N.C. Hurricane Creek, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Davie 12/15/02
140.7 6 11.0 N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan 8/16/03
140.2 11 0 N.C. Upper East Winding Stairs Branch, Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan 2/9/03
142.0 12 8.0 Tenn. Ramsay Prong, Sevier Co. D&J Riddle Apr 2001
136.9 13 0.5 N.C. Winding Stairs Branch, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 5/12/96 (sc)
135.0 N/A N.C. Lower flats, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
132.2 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/23/02
132.0 9 1.0 N.C. Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/10/02
130.1 10 9.0 N.C. Bennett Branch (between Big Creek and Cataloochee Creek), Haywood Co. Davie 7/12/03
x152.4 10 10.0 Tenn. Roaring Fork Mountain, near 1000 Drips, Sevier Co. (tree now fallen) Blozan 1/4/96
Sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua
142.8 5 8.0 N.C. Big Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan 12/7/03
137.9 5
6.0 N.C. Big Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood
Co.
Blozan 12/7/03
135.8 5 0 N.C. Flats near campground Blozan & Riddle 5/24/03
133.4 5 6.0 N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan 8/16/03
133.2 4 8.0 N.C. Baxter Creek (lower section), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
132.6 5 0 N.C. Baxter Creek (lower section), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
130.0 3 3.0 N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan before 1/13/03
129.2 5 2.0 N.C. Baxter Creek (lower section), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
127.6 4 2.0 N.C. Lower Baxter Creek (old field flats), Haywood Co. Blozan 7/13/03
108.1 5 0.5 Tenn. Cherokee Orchard Road, Sevier Co. Blozan 9/24/96
106.9 5 6.5 Tenn. Cherokee Orchard Road, Sevier Co. Blozan 9/24/96
106.5 11
0 Tenn. Tremont Institute, Blount Co.
Blozan 8/24/96
Appalachian
Hardwoods (nine species)
132.7 4 2.0 N.C. Upper prong of southwest fork, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
130.2 6 3.0 N.C. Baxter Creek (middle section), Haywood Co. (128.4 Blozan 1/19/03) Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
130.1 7 1.0 N.C. Bettis Branch, Haywood Co. Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
120.2 6 4.0 N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan before 1/13/03
118.0 10 0 Tenn. Ramsay Prong watershed, Sevier Co. D&J Riddle Apr 2001
117.6 4 2.0 N.C. Baxter Creek (middle section), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
117.0 8 3.5 Tenn. Upper Forge Creek, Blount Co. Blozan 7/29/96
114.0 12 0 N.C. Mouse Creek (tributary of Big Creek), Haywood Co. Blozan & Riddle 5/24/03
111.1 7 3.0 N.C. Hyatt-Heintooga Road, Swain Co. Blozan 8/18/96
2. Sourwood Oxydendrum
arborescens
108.0 6 5.0 Tenn. Sevier Co. Blozan
107.5 5 7.5 Tenn. Cherokee Orchard Road, Sevier Co. Blozan 6/29/96
99.8 3 1.0 N.C. Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie 6/10/02
3. Yellowwood
Cladrastis kentukea (C.
lutea)
91.4 4 0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
82.0 5 5.0 Tenn. Quiet Walkway, Sugarlands Valley, Sevier Co. Blozan 9/16/96
81.5 6 2.5 N.C. Laurel Creek (near park boundary), J. Riddle 10/25/03
4. Witch hazel Hamamelis
virginiana
38.8 1
3.5 Tenn. Porters Creek Trail, before crossing,
Sevier Co.
Blozan 8/22/96
5. Mountain winterberry Ilex
montana
37.0 2 2.0 Tenn. Mt. Davis, Blount Co. Blozan 9/4/96 (sc)
36.4 1 10.5 Tenn. Gregory Ridge Trail, Blount Co. Blozan 10/1/95
33.0 1 0 N.C. Caldwell
Fork Trail, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co.
Blozan 5/13/96 (nc)
7. Mountain
stewartia Stewartia ovata
27.1 0 9.5 Tenn. Gatlinburg by-pass, Great Smoky Mountains National Park property, Sevier Co. Blozan 9/24/96
20.8 0 8.5 Tenn. Foothills Parkway West, 3.8 mi. west of Rt. 73, GSMNP property, Cocke Co. Blozan 5/9/96
9.
Buffalo-nut (oil-nut) Pyrularia pubera
x 13.0 0 7.0 Tenn. Albright Road entrance, near gate, Cocke Co. (died before 2002) Blozan 10/14/94
121.0 11 10.5 N.C. Caldwell Fork Trail, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 9/3/96
105.0 10 6.0 Tenn. Sevier Co Blozan
93.0 11 4.0 N.C. Bettis Branch, Haywood Co. Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
Southern Hardwoods (five species)
1. Sassafras Sassafras
albidum
119.1 4 5.0 Tenn. False Gap Prong, Sevier Co. D&J Riddle Apr 2001
118.3 10 1.0 N.C. Bettis Branch, Haywood Co. (twin tree) Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
114.7 6 0 N.C. Old railroad berm, Big Creek (upstream of confluence w/Baxter Cr.), Haywood Co. Blozan 7/13/03
94.2 5
5.0 N.C. Hyatt-Heintooga Road, Swain Co.
Blozan 9/7/9
2. Hercules club
(devils walkingstick) Aralia
spinosa
74.2 1 11.0 Tenn. West bank of Boulevard Prong, Sevier Co. Blozan 4/21/96 (nc)
3. Red mulberry
Morus rubra
68.8 5
2.0 Tenn. Quiet Walkway, Sugarlands Valley, Sevier
Co. Blozan
8/23/96
4. Flowering dogwood Cornus
florida
55.1 2 0 Tenn. Twin Creeks Trail, Gatlinburg District, Sevier Co. Blozan 9/23/96
5. Pawpaw Asimina
triloba
40.2 3 0 Tenn. Abrams Creek campground vicinity, Blount Co. Blozan 8/26/96
Birch
Family Betulaceae (four species)
117.5 4 9.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
116.4 4 2.0 N.C. Baxter Creek (lower section), Haywood Co. (113.8 Blozan 1/19/03) Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
113.1 5 0 N.C. Baxter Creek, Haywood Co. Blozan 8/16/03
112.6 N/A N.C. Middle section, eastern prong Winding Stairs Branch, Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 2/23/03
110.7 5 6.0 N.C. Baxter Creek (middle section), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
110.4 5 6.0 N.C. Jim Branch (west side), Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 3/23/03
108.7 4 8.0 N.C. Baxter Creek (middle section), Haywood Co. Blozan 1/19/03
101.0 8 8.0 Tenn. Ramsay Prong, Sevier Co. D&J Riddle Apr 2001
101.0 9 10.0 N.C. Baxter Creek Trail, Haywood Co. Blozan 4/14/96
2. Yellow birch
Betula allegheniensis (B.
lutea)
110.0 5 0 N.C. Swain Co. Blozan
109.3 6 10.0 N.C. Jim Branch (west side), Cataloochee Valley, Haywood Co. Blozan 3/23/03
98.4 5 9.0 Tenn. Forge Creek Trail, Blount Co. Blozan 6/9/96
95.1 7 7.5 Tenn. Plot 2-133, Panther Gap Blozan 6/10/96
81.9 4 2.0 N.C. Dude Branch, Cataloochee District, Haywood Co. Davie 11/23/03
70.1 4 0 N.C. Enloe Creek, Hyatt Ridge, Swain Co. Blozan 6/10/96
67.0 4 6.0 Tenn. Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, Sevier Co. Blozan 5/31/96
65.0 4 6.0 Tenn. Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail, Sevier Co. Blozan 5/31/96
4. American hornbeam
Carpinus caroliniana
50.5 3 1.0 Tenn. Grassy Branch Trail, Gatlinburg District, Sevier Co. Blozan 8/12/96
American
elm Ulmus americana
N/A: Not available
(nc): National champion (American Forests, point system)
(sc): State champion (point system)