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Michigan
Big Tree Hunt 2008-2009 Winners |
County |
Tree Common Name |
Tree Species |
Circumference (in.) | City/Town | Nominator |
Largest Tree |
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County |
Tree Common Name |
Tree Species |
Circumference (in.) | City/Town | Nominator |
| Van Buren | Weeping Willow | Salix babylonica |
306 | Paw Paw | Lance Koops |
Largest
White Pine (Michigan's State Tree) |
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County |
Tree Common Name |
Tree Species |
Circumference (in.) | City/Town | Nominator |
| Ogemaw | Eastern White Pine | Pinus strobus |
154 | Alger | Sean Nicholl |
Largest Tree Nominated by a Youth |
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County |
Tree Common Name |
Tree Species |
Circumference (in.) | City/Town | Nominator |
| Van Buren | Weeping Willow | Salix babylonica | 302 | Hartford | Joey Bauer |
Largest Trees in Each County |
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County |
Tree Common Name |
Tree Species |
Circumference (in.) | City/Town | Nominator |
| Alcona | Northern Red Oak | Quercus rubra | 177 | Black River | Bonnie Benghauser |
| Allegan | White Oak | Salix babylonica | 268 | Douglas | Lance Koops |
| Barry | Eastern Cottonwood | Populus deltoides |
250 | Delton | Jack Nadwornik |
| Berrien | Sycamore | Platanus occidentalis | 202 | Niles | Jennifer Higbee |
| Branch | Northern Red Oak | Quercus rubra | 199 | Coldwater | Dave Malott |
| Calhoun | White Oak | Quercus alba | 224 | Battle Creek | David Giallombardo |
| Cass | Sugar Maple | Acer saccharum | 218 | Dowagiac | Abbie Harris |
| Clinton | White Oak | Quercus alba | 211 | Dewitt | Lee Stauffer |
| Dickinson | American Elm | Ulmus Americana | 176 | Iron Mt | Mary Barba |
| Eaton | Bur Oak | Quercus macrocarpa | 223 | Bellevue | Linda Burt |
| Genesee | Silver Maple | Acer saccharinum | 161 | Burton | Robert Zachos |
| Gogebic | Eastern White Pine | Pinus strobus | 143 | Watersmeet | Diane Kohl |
| Grand Traverse | Black Oak | Quercus velutina | 165 | Traverse City | Annika Leary |
| Huron | Silver Maple | Acer saccharinum | 198 | Port Austin | Larry Dean |
| Ionia | Bur Oak | Quercus macrocarpa | 163 | Otisco Twp | Dean Kruithof |
| Iosco | Eastern White Pine | Pinus strobus | 138 | East Tawas | Russ Weiland |
| Kalkaska | Eastern White Pine | Pinus strobus | 123 | Kalkaska | Ted Bauman |
| Kent | White Ash | Fraxinus americana | 206 | Grand Rapids | Jenny Lynn |
| Lapeer | Weeping Willow | Salix babylonica | 247 | Dryden | Peter Steudle |
| Leelanau | Cherry Plumb | Prunus cerasifera | 123 | Sleeping Bear | Neal Bullington |
| Lenawee | Bur Oak | Quercus macrocarpa | 274 | Tecumseh | Karl Brown |
| Livingston | Tulip Tree | Liriodendron tulipifera | 184 | Stockbridge | Dennis LaLonde |
| Macomb | Weeping Willow | Salix babylonica | 249 | Bruce Twp | Heather Hall |
| Menominee | Eastern White Pine | Pinus strobus | 107 | Perronville | Zachary Depotie |
| Montmorency | Sugar Maple | Acer saccharum | 119 | Johannesburg | Dominic Current |
| Muskegon | Silver Maple | Acer saccharinum | 205 | Muskegon | Dean Kruithof |
| Oakland | Weeping Willow | Salix babylonica | 273 | Davisburg | Kevin Miller |
| Oceana | Black Oak | Quercus velutina | 240 | Mears | Theresa Koops |
| Ogemaw | Northern Red Oak | Quercus rubra | 160 | South Branch | Gary Peters |
| Ontonagon | Eastern White Pine | Pinus strobus | 118 | Ontonagon | Maria DiPirro |
| Osceola | White Cedar | Thuja occidentalis | 68.5 | Lake | Mary Bates |
| Oscoda | Eastern White Pine | Pinus strobus | 115 | Luzerne | Craig Jared |
| Ottawa | Northern Red Oak | Quercus rubra | 228 | Holland | Dean Kruithof |
| Roscommon | Weeping Willow | Salix babylonica | 253 | Houghton Lake | Arthor Wainwright |
| Sanilac | Bur Oak | Quercus macrocarpa | 222 | Melvin | Dale & Judi Eschenburg |
| Shiawassee | White Oak | Quercus alba | 172 | Laingsburg | Roger Lowers |
| St. Clair | Swamp White Oak | Quercus bicolor | 187 | Algonac | Brian Verellen |
| VanBuren | Weeping Willow | Salix babylonica | 306 | Paw Paw | Lance Koops |
| Washtnenaw | Weeping Willow | Salix babylonica | 256 | Ann Arbor | Keith Brown |
| Wayne | Weeping Willow | Salix babylonica | 271 | Livonia | Daniel Bauer |
| Wexford | Silver Maple | Acer saccharinum | 188 | Cadillac | Richard McKinley |
Potential New State Champions |
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County |
Tree Common Name |
Tree Species |
Circumference (in.) | City/Town | Nominator |
| Cass | Hackberry | Celtis occideentalis | 184 | Marcellus | Larry Romeg |
| Leelanau | Cherry Plumb | Prunus cerasifera | 123 | Sleeping Bear | Neal Bullington |
| Lenawee | Bur Oak | Quercus macrocarpa | 274 | Tecumseh | Karl Brown |
| Macomb | Corkscrew Willow | Salix matsudana 'Tortuosa' | 159 | Sterling Heights | Roy Lipanski |
| Washtenaw | Downy Hawthorn | Crataegus mollis | 108 | Ann Arbor | David Friedrichs |
| Wayne | Dawn Redwood | Metasequoia glyptostroboides | 138 | Grosse Pt Shores | Brad Meehle |