Loblolly Champion Tree in TX

[EddieWalker]

My wife is in the Master Gardener program here in Tyler Texas that's run by A& M. While discussing native trees, she showed them a picture of our biggest tree. A Loblolly. The instructor was amazed, and told us to measure it because he thinks it's bigger then the current Champion Loblolly. Since we had never heard of Champion Trees, or that there where people who kept track of them, we where kind of shocked.

Texas Big Tree Registry

This is the website with all the information on the Champion Trees in Texas. The current number one Champion Loblolly has a trunk circumference of 165 inches. Our tree measures 205 inches around the trunk. There are three measurements and this is where it gets a little tricky. They also want the height and width of the canopy. We followed the instructions the best we could, looked on Youtube for videos on measuring trees, and came up with a height of 127 feet. The Champion Loblolly in Texas is 139 feet tall and the National Champion is 167 feet tall. And a canopy measurement of 83 feet by 78 feet for a score of 80. The three numbers are added together 205+127+80+412.

The current Texas Champion Loblolly has a score of 324 and it's in Sabine County near Lufkin.

The current National Champion Loblolly has a score of 361 and it's in the Congaree National Park in South Carolina.

It's kind of shocking to think that our tree could be so much bigger then the current State and National Trees, which makes us think we're doing something wrong. We've filled out the form this weekend and we're mailing it off tomorrow morning. Then it's a waiting game to see what A&M does.

Our Loblolly

 

[BigGG]

That's some tree! A friend's brother has the Tenn champion bald cypress on land their grandfather bought on the Hatchie River.

 

[Rockbadchild]

My wife is in the Master Gardener program here in Tyler Texas that's run by A& M. While discussing native trees, she showed them a picture of our biggest tree. A Loblolly. The instructor was amazed, and told us to measure it because he thinks it's bigger then the current Champion Loblolly. Since we had never heard of Champion Trees, or that there where people who kept track of them, we where kind of shocked.

Texas Big Tree Registry

This is the website with all the information on the Champion Trees in Texas. The current number one Champion Loblolly has a trunk circumference of 165 inches. Our tree measures 205 inches around the trunk. There are three measurements and this is where it gets a little tricky. They also want the height and width of the canopy. We followed the instructions the best we could, looked on Youtube for videos on measuring trees, and came up with a height of 127 feet. The Champion Loblolly in Texas is 139 feet tall and the National Champion is 167 feet tall. And a canopy measurement of 83 feet by 78 feet for a score of 80. The three numbers are added together 205+127+80+412.

The current Texas Champion Loblolly has a score of 324 and it's in Sabine County near Lufkin.

The current National Champion Loblolly has a score of 361 and it's in the Congaree National Park in South Carolina.

It's kind of shocking to think that our tree could be so much bigger then the current State and National Trees, which makes us think we're doing something wrong. We've filled out the form this weekend and we're mailing it off tomorrow morning. Then it's a waiting game to see what A&M does.

Our Loblolly

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What do you mean by that ??

''It's kind of shocking to think that our tree could be so much bigger then the current State and National Trees, which makes us think we're doing something wrong.''

 

[Rockbadchild]

very cool.. very good looking tree ...

 

[HawkinsHollow]

Such a cool looking tree! I would clean all of those little trees out from the base of it so one can get a true sense of its grandeur!!

 

[ponytug]

Congratulations! That's some tree, regardless. I hope that it works out.

All the best,

Peter

 

[Lineman North Florida]

It certainly is an unusual looking pine tree, but they claim everything is bigger in Texas, I hope that your tree turns out to be the champion.

 

[EddieWalker]

What do you mean by that ??

''It's kind of shocking to think that our tree could be so much bigger then the current State and National Trees, which makes us think we're doing something wrong.''

I'm struggling with the thought that a tree growing on my land could be so much bigger then every other Loblolly Pine in the country. Even more, is that it's significantly bigger. It makes me think that I'm missing something, or doing something wrong.

 

[Torvy]

I was wondering of it is considered one tree or if it is two that grew together.

None of my loblolly are even close to that. The property west of us has a big double tree. Now I'm curious about how this turns out.

Good luck!

 

[Rockbadchild]

I'm struggling with the thought that a tree growing on my land could be so much bigger then every other Loblolly Pine in the country. Even more, is that it's significantly bigger. It makes me think that I'm missing something, or doing something wrong.

you mean doing something right ? lol that’s the part i don’t understand why something wrong? … but really your tree is two tree fuse together, that’s why the truck is so bing … to me it is simply older then the other one … but i agree it is odd that the biggest loblolly pine grow in Texas, i would expect a place with more rain … it would be interesting to do a core sample to determine its age …