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Michigan Big Tree Hunt 2006-2007 Winners

County
Tree Common Name
Tree Species 
Circumference (in.) City/Town
Nominator
 
Largest Tree
County
Tree Common Name
Tree Species 
Circumference (in.) City/Town
Nominator
Wayne Weeping Willow
Salix babylonica
322 Detroit Roy Lipanski
 
Largest White Pine (Michigan's State Tree)
County
Tree Common Name
Tree Species 
Circumference (in.) City/Town
Nominator
Luce Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
175 Newberry Andy and Noah Sawyer
 
Largest Tree Nominated by a Youth
County
Tree Common Name
Tree Species 
Circumference (in.) City/Town
Nominator
Berrien Weeping Willow Salix babylonica 303 Au Claire Noah Sawyer
 
Largest Trees in Each County
County
Tree Common Name
Tree Species 
Circumference (in.) City/Town
Nominator
Allegan White Oak Quercus alba 255 Hamilton Dean Kruithof
Arenac Eastern Cottonwood
Populus deltoides
259 Standish  Tom Goike
Barry Black Cherry
Prunus serotina
250 Plainwell Cassidy Haase
Bay White Oak
Quercus alba
168 Essexville Dakota Tipmore
Berrien Weeping Willow Salix babylonica 303 Au Claire Andy and Noah Sawyer
Calhoun Black Cherry Prunus serotina 154 Homer Jackie Bussing
Cass Sassafras Sassafras albidum 204 Dowagiac John Rogers
Clare American Beech Fagus grandifolia 161 Harrison Thomas Dobie
Clinton Sycamore Planatus occidentalis 110 Dewitt  David Hartner
Eaton White Oak Quercus alba 233 Charlotte Norma Jones
Emmet Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus 145 Petoskey Patricia Dennis
Genesee Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides 203 Flint Mike Belco & Wilma Triplet
Gladwin Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra 132 Gladwin Shannon Greaves
Gogebic Eastern White Pinea Pinus strobus 154 Ironwood Sandy Lahtinen
Gratiot Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides 183 Sumner Carolyn Fox
Houghton Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra   Calumet Marsha Klein
Ingham White Oak Quercus alba 181 East Lansing Catherine James & Charles Bard
Jackson Black Cherry Prunus serotina 184 Horton Kaitie Knapp
Keweenaw Yellow Birch Betula allegheniensis    Copper Harbor Gene Arntsen
Lapeer Weeping Willow Salix babylonica 244 Almont Roy Lipanski
Leelanau Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 187 Cedar Nello Valentine III
Lenawee Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides 272 Tecumseh Lynn Cook
Livingston Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa 187 Howell Lauren Arceri
Luce Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus 175 Newberry Andy and Noah Sawyer
Mackinac Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides 228 Mackinac Island Roy Lipanski
Macomb Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides 270 Clinton Twp Gene Lagana
Marquette Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus 109 Big Bay Erik Hansen
Mason Red Maple Acer rubra 76 Hamlin twp. Keith and Esther Hill
Midland Weeping Willow Salix babylonica 176 Midland Irene Beck
Monroe Eastern Cottonwood Populus deltoides 217 Monroe Christopher F. Workey, Jr
Oakland Silver Maple Acer saccharinum 230 Farmington Hills Michele Barker
Ottawa Weeping Willow Salix babylonica 288 Zeeland Dean Kruithof
Roscommon Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 142 Roscommon Darcia Little
Saginaw Silver Maple Acer saccharinum 174 Bridgeport Aileen Kushner
Sanilac Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa 178 Marlette Harold Heussner
Shiawassee Northern Red Oak Quercus rubra 165 Durand Joachim Milito
St. Clair Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa 252 Algonac Roy Lipanski
Tuscola Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa 192 Fairgrove Terry Ellison
VanBuren Weeping Willow Salix babylonica 285 Hartford Lance Koops
Washtnenaw White Oak Quercus alba 192 Saline Kelly Weger
Wayne Weeping Willow Salix babylonica 322 Detroit Roy Lipanski.
Wexford Sugar Maple Acer saccharum 157 Cadillac Andre F.G. Torres
 

Potential New State Champions
(pending verification by State Coordinator)

County
Tree Common Name
Tree Species 
Circumference (in.) City/Town
Nominator
Barry Black Cherry Prunus serotina 250 Plainwell Cassidy Haase
Berrien Sassafras Sassafras albidum 205 Stevensville Andy and Noah Sawyer
Cass Sassafras Sassafras albidum 204 Dowagiac John Rogers
Genesee Golden Chain Tree Laburnum wateri; 18 Flint Brad Meehle
Gogebic Eastern White Pine Pinus strobus 154 Ironwood Sandy Lahtinen
Livingston Port Orford Cedar Chamaecyparis lawsoniana 60 Brighton Richard Pomorski
Livingston Camperdown Elm Ulmus glabra "camperdownii" 159 Plainfield Richard Pomorski
Macomb Corkscrew Willow Salix matsudana 'Tortuosa' 58 New Haven Roy Lipanski
Oakland Weeping Fig Ficus Beniaminn 68 Royal Oak Roy Lipanski
Ottawa Northern Pin Oak Quercus ellipsoidalis 203 Ferrysburg Adrian Brown
Washtenaw Turkish Hazelnut Corylus corlurna; 91 Ann Arbor Richard Pomorski
Washtenaw Northern Pin Oak Quercus ellipsoidalis 148 Ann Arbor Richard Pomorski
Washtenaw White Fringe Tree Chionanthus virginicus 69 Ann Arbor Richard Pomorski
Washtenaw Arnold Crabapple Malus arnoldiana 67 Ann Arbor Richard Pomorski
Washtenaw Canada Plum Prunus nigra 50 Ann Arbor Richard Pomorski
Washtenaw Amur Corktree Phellodendron amurense 117 Ann Arbor Richard Pomorski
Washtenaw Southern Crabapple Malus angustifolia 86 Ann Arbor Richard Pomorski
Washtenaw Japanese Maple Acer palmatum 29 Ann Arbor Richard Pomorski
Washtenaw Common Pear Pyrus communis 155 Ann Arbor Richard Pomorski
Washtenaw Littleleaf Linden Tilia cordata 92 Ann Arbor Richard Pomorski
Washtenaw Common Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 44 Ann Arbor Richard Pomorski
Wayne Lacebark Elm Ulmus parvifolia 107 Detroit Dan Kurkowski
Wayne Willow Oak Quercus phellos 80 Northville Richard Pomorski
Wayne Common Buckthorn Rhamnus cathartica 80 Northville Richard Pomorski

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