List of trees

The following is a list of notable trees from around the world. Trees listed here are regarded as important or specific by its historical, national, locational, natural or mythological context. The list includes actual trees located throughout the world, as well as trees from myths and trees from fiction.

Real forests and individual trees

Africa

Living

Name	Species	Location	Age	Significance
Lost Tree	Acacia	Sahara desert	-	A very isolated tree and important landmark
The Cotton Tree	Kapok	Freetown, Sierra Leone	-	Historic symbol of Freetown.
Wonderboom tree in Pretoria	Wonderboom, a fig tree	Pretoria, South Africa	-	A sprawling fig tree in Pretoria, South Africa.
Drago Milenario	Dracaena draco	Icod de los Vinos, Tenerife	-	Has been a local tourist attraction for more than a hundred years (mentioned by Alexander von Humboldt, for instance).
Sunland Baobab	Adansonia digitata	Limpopo Province, South Africa 23°37′16″S 30°11′53″E / 23.62111°S 30.19806°E / -23.62111; 30.19806 (Sunland Baobab)	1060	A giant and ancient baobab tree, with a pub in the hollow.

Historical

Name	Species	Location	Age	Significance
Arbre du Ténéré	Acacia	Sahara desert 17°45′00″N 10°04′00″E / 17.75000°N 10.06667°E / 17.75000; 10.06667 (Arbre du Ténéré)		A very isolated tree in the Sahara desert, notable before 1934, in Niger, destroyed in 1973.

Asia

Living

Name	Species	Location	Age (years)	Notes
Sisters Olive Trees of Noah	olive	Bcheale, Batroun District, Lebanon		Some claim these are the oldest living trees on earth. Legends refer to these trees as the source of the olive branch in the Genesis flood narrative.[1][2][3][4]
Cedars of God	Lebanon cedar	Lebanon 34°14′37″N 36°02′54″E / 34.24361°N 36.04833°E / 34.24361; 36.04833 (Cedars of God)	-	A small forest (approximately 400,000 square feet (37,000 m2)) of about 400 Lebanon cedars at about 2,300 meters above sea level in the mountains of northern Lebanon. The cedars of Lebanon are mentioned in the Bible over 70 times and used as symbols of the Messiah, and they were prized by historical figures such as Herod, Alexander, and Julius Caesar. They also have a mention in the Epic of Gilgamesh
The Great Banyan	Banyan	Botanical garden near Kolkata, India	-	A clonal colony of Indian Banyan with a crown circumference of over 330 meters.
	Balete tree	OISCA Farm in Canlaon City, Philippines	1,300	The over 1,300-year-old balete tree (related to banyan trees) located in is probably the oldest known tree in the country as estimated by botanists from Silliman University.[5]
Hibakujumoku	Various	Hiroshima, Japan		170 trees that survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima
Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi	Sacred fig	Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka	2300	A sacred fig propagated from the Bodhi tree under which Lord Buddha became enlightened. It was planted in 288 BC.[6]
Jōmon Sugi	Sugi	Yakushima island, Japan	-	Ancient specimen	-
Great sugi of Kayano	Cryptomeria	Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan	2,300
	Ginkgo	Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, South Korea	500	A pair of ginkgo trees
Big Banyan Tree	Banyan	Ramohalli, Bangalore, India	400
Tree of Life	Mesquite	Bahrain	400
Chankiri Tree (Killing tree)		Cambodian Killing Fields	-	A tree in the Killing Fields against which children and infants were slung to kill them.
The Ying Ke Pine		Huangshan, China	-	Ying Ke, meaning "Welcoming-Guests" pine on Huangshan.
	Tembusu	Singapore Botanical Gardens, Singapore	100	The tree is featured on the reverse of a $5 Singapore note.
Methuselah	Judean date palm	Israel		The formerly extinct tree was sprouted from a 2,000-year-old seed.
Thimmamma Marrimanu	Banyan	25 km from Kadiri, Anantapur district, Andhra Pradesh, India		According to Guinness Book of Records (1989), the world's biggest Banyan Tree, spreading over 11 acres (4 hectares).[7]

Historical

Name	Species	Location	Age (years)	Notes
Alishan Sacred Tree	Cypress	Alishan train station, Taiwan	3,000	The tree fell on July 1, 1997.
The Bodhi tree	Sacred fig	Bodh Gaya, India 24°41′45.29″N 84°59′29.29″E / 24.6959139°N 84.9914694°E / 24.6959139; 84.9914694 (Bodhi Tree)		The tree under which Buddha obtained enlightenment. The current tree at the site is a replacement.
Guilty Chinese Scholartree		Jingshan park 39°55′23.22″N 116°23′33.64″E / 39.9231167°N 116.3926778°E / 39.9231167; 116.3926778 (Guilty Chinese Scholartree)		The tree on which the Chongzhen Emperor hanged himself shortly after escaping the Forbidden City in Beijing, China. The original tree died and was replaced by a replica.
Changi Tree	Sindora wallichii?	Singapore		A historical visual landmark located in Singapore. Thought to be a specimen of Sindora wallichii, with an estimated height of 75 metres (246 ft), it was felled with explosive charges during the Second World War to prevent its use as a ranging aide by the approaching Japanese artillery.
Dry tree	Platanus	Norther Persia, possibly Tabriz or somewhere in Khorasan		According to a legend, the solitary Dry tree marked the spot of a great battle between Alexander the Great and Darius. Later recorded by Marco Polo.
The Lone Pine		Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey		A solitary tree which marked the site of the Battle of Lone Pine in 1915.
The Kalayaan Tree	Siar tree, Peltophorum pterocarpum	Malolos Cathedral, Bulacan, Philippines		The Kalayaan Tree (Tree of Freedom), located near the front of the Minor Basilica of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception in the historic city of Malolos, Bulacan, Philippines. The siar tree was planted by Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo during a lull in the Malolos Convention. Under the tree is a monument symbolizing the meeting of Filipino revolutionaries represented by statues of Gregorio del Pilar and Gen. Isidoro Torres; Don Pablo Tecson, a legislator; Padre Mariano Sevilla, a nationalist leader of the church and Doña Basilia Tantoco, a woman freedom fighter.[8][9]
Kannimara Teak	Teak	Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India		One of the oldest and largest living teak trees. It had a girth of 6.52 metres (21.4 ft) and a height of 48.25 metres (158.3 ft) when the measurement was taken in 2003.
		Korean DMZ		A tree within the Korean DMZ was the focus of the Axe Murder Incident, in which two United States Army officers were killed by North Korean soldiers. The killings led to Operation Paul Bunyan, named for the legendary lumberjack. The tree was eventually cut down under the watch of over 800 soldiers.
	Ginkgo	Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan	1,000	The ancient tree was uprooted in a storm in 2010.

Europe

Living

Name	Species	Location	Age (years)	Notes
Old Tjikko	Norway spruce	Sweden 61°35′N 12°40′E / 61.583°N 12.667°E / 61.583; 12.667 (Old Tjikko (approximate location))	9,550	The oldest known individual clonal tree in the world.
Stara Maslina	Olea europaea (olive)	Bar, Montenegro	2240
Ballyconnell Yew	Yew	Grounds of Ballyconnell House, Annagh townland, County Cavan, Ireland	2,000	Ancient tree reckoned to be well over 2,000 years old with a massive girth.
	Scots pine	Urho Kekkonen National Park, Lapland (Finland), Finland	770	Considered one of the oldest trees in Finland. Probably the oldest Scots pine in the world.
Fortingall Yew	Yew	Churchyard of the village of Fortingall in Perthshire, Scotland		Various estimates have put its age at between 2,000 and 5,000 years.
Florencecourt Yew	Irish Yew	Florence Court estate near Enniskillen, Fermanagh, Northern Ireland	276	Replanted in 1740 as a sapling. Following commercial propagation of the tree after 1820, it is believed that the majority of Irish Yews outside Ireland are derived from this one tree.
Caesarsboom (Caesar's Tree)	Yew	Lo, Belgium		Noted for the legend that Julius Caesar tethered his horse to it during his conquest of the region.
	Yew	Estry, Normandy, France	> 1,600	Considered one of the oldest trees in France. Its hollow trunk can contain 30 people.
	Yews	La Haye-de-Routot, Normandy, France	~ 1,500	A chapel with a door was designed in one of them.
Forest swastika	Larch	Zernikow, Germany.		A patch of carefully arranged larch trees covering a 60-yard (55 m) square area of pine forest.
The Old Elm	Field Elm	Center of Sliven, Bulgaria		The Old Elm won the 2014 European Tree of the Year Award. The tree has sat in the center of Sliven for 1100 years, serving as a gathering point and a historical parker. It is also part of the city coat of arms.[10]
Granit Oak	Oak	Granit village near Stara Zagora, Bulgaria	1,650	One of the oldest trees in Europe, estimated to be about 1,650 years old. Its crown spread covers an area of 1,017 square metres, its girth is 7.45 m, and its height is 23.4 m.
Bartek	Oak		650-670	A famous tree in Poland, visited by kings, said to be about 1,200 years old (actually 650–670 years according to recent studies). It is 30 m tall, 13.5 m in girth near the ground, with a crown spread of 40 m.
Gernikako Arbola	Oak	Guernica, Basque Country, Spain		An oak representing the Basque people
Queen Elizabeth Oak	Oak	Royal Palace of Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England	800–1000	Said to be the location where Elizabeth I of England was told she was queen in 1558.
Kongeegen (the King Oak)	Pedunculate oak	Jægerspris Nordskov, Sjælland, Denmark;	1,200	The oldest tree in Denmark.
Chêne chapelle	Oak	Allouville-Bellefosse, Normandy, France	1,200	An 800- to 1,200-year-old pedunculate oak, under which William the Conqueror is to have stopped, according to a local legend. There are two chapels inside.
Poltava Oak	Oak	Poltava, Ukraine	600	An oak under which tsar Peter I rested at the Battle of Poltava in 1709.
	Yew	Stoke Gabriel churchyard Devon, England		Said to be the oldest tree in England.
Major Oak	Pedunculate oak	Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, England	800	The most famous and most visited tree of Great Britain. About 800 years old, with a girth at breast height of 10.5 m.
Ivenack Oak	Pedunculate oak	Ivenack, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany	800	A huge and ancient Pedunculate oak thought to be about 800 years old, 35 m tall, 11 m in girth at breast height and 16.5 m near the ground. The largest oak in Germany and (in wood volume) probably in Europe.
Baikushev's pine	Bosnian pine	Pirin mountains near Bansko, Bulgaria	1,300	An ancient tree estimated to be 1,300 years old. It is one of the oldest trees of Bulgaria and stands 24 m tall with a girth of 6.9 m at breast height.
Stelmužė Oak	Pedunculate oak	Stelmužė, Zarasai district, Lithuania	1,500	Measures a girth at breast height of 9.58 m and 13 m near the ground. The oldest tree in Lithuania and the Baltic States.
Chestnut Tree of One Hundred Horses	Chestnut	Sant'Alfio, the eastern slope of Mount Etna, Italy		Probably the world's oldest and largest chestnut.
Bialbero de Casorzo (Grana Double Tree)		Grana, Piemont, Italy		a tree which grows in a hollow tree near Grana, Piemont, Italy
Le Gros chêne de Liernu (the big oak of Liernu)	Oak	15 north from Namur, Belgium	900	Known as the oldest oak in Belgium. It is estimated at certainly 800 or 900 years old, maybe more than 1,000 years.
The Oaks of Rogalin	Oak	Rogalin, Greater Poland		Thousand-year-old trees named after the three mythic founders of the Slavic nations.
The Olive tree of Vouves	Olive tree	Village of Ano Vouves, Kolymvari, Chania regional unit, Crete, Greece.	2,000	It is confirmed to be at least 2000 years old based on tree ring analysis, but it is claimed to be between 3000–4000 years old.
Mulberry of the Patriarchate of Peć	Mulberry	Peje, Kosovo.	800	One of the oldest verified living trees in Serbia, located in the courtyard of the church complex of the Patriarchate of Peje. It was brought from the Shām region by Archbishop Saint Sava II during his pilgrimage to the Holy Land and planted between 1263 and 1272.
Old Oak	Oak	Exactly 100 km from Belgrade, Serbia, next to E-75 highway.	600
Koča's oak		near Jagodina, Serbia		Named after Koča Anđelković.
Veliki Popovac oak		Village of Veliki Popovac, Serbia
Plane tree at Miloš's Residence	Plane tree	Belgrade, Serbia		The oldest plane tree in Belgrade.
Flower Square oak		Belgrade, Serbia		Around two centuries old, the last remaining of the forest that covered the area.
Brian Boru's Oak	Oak	Raheen Woods, County Clare, Ireland		A reputedly 1000-year-old oak tree planted by Brian Boru, Last King of Ireland.
Pi de les Tres Branques	Pine	Catalonia, Spain		Regarded as symbolising the unity of the Catalan countries
Midland Oak	Oak	Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England		Reputed to mark the centre of England
Najevnik Linden Tree	Small-leaved Lime	Najevnik Farm in Ludranski Vrh, Municipality of Črna na Koroškem, northern Slovenia		The tree with the largest girth in Slovenia (10.70 meters; its height is 24 m). Estimated to be 700 years old. The traditional meeting place of Slovene politicians and a cultural venue.

Historical

Name	Species	Location	Age (years)	Notes
Anne Frank Tree	horse-chestnut tree	City center of Amsterdam, Netherlands 52°22′30.7″N 4°53′4.7″E / 52.375194°N 4.884639°E / 52.375194; 4.884639 (Ann Frank Tree (former))		Featured in Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl. The tree was destroyed in a gale in the late summer of 2010.
Merlin's Oak		Carmarthen, Wales
Glastonbury Thorn	hawthorn			Reputed to have been planted by Joseph of Arimathea.
Thor's Oak	Oak			a tree sacred to the Germanic tribe of the Chatti, ancestors of the Hessians.
Sacred tree at Uppsala		Temple at Uppsala, Sweden was a sacred tree		Venerated by Norse pagans, still extant in the second half of the 11th century.
Royal Oak	Pedunculate oak	Boscobel, England		King Charles II hid in the tree to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. The tree deceased and is replaced by a descendant.
Shakespeare's mulberry tree	mulberry	New Place, Stratford-upon-Avon, England		Cut down in the mid-18th century and fashioned into mementos.
Tree of Hippocrates	Oriental plane	Kos, Greece		The tree under which Hippocrates is supposed to have taught.
Red Forest	Pines	Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine		Formerly the Worm Wood Forest, refers to the trees growing in the 10 km2 surrounding the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and is one of several of the Chernobyl disaster effects on April 26, 1986. The name 'Red Forest' comes from the ginger brown colour of the pine trees after they died following the absorption of high levels of radiation.
Danger Tree		Beaumont-Hamel, France		Marks the area of highest casualties suffered by the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during their attack at Beaumont Hamel during the Battle of the Somme. The current 'tree' is a concrete replica, however growth around the replica may be from the same root system as the original tree.
Takovo bush	Oak	Takovo, Serbia		Tree under which Miloš Obrenović started the Second Serbian Uprising.
Pine of Tsar Dušan	Bosnian pine	Uroševac, Serbia	663	Planted in 1336 by Tsar Dušan, destroyed by Albanian extremists in 1999.
Poplar of Horror	Poplar	Donja Gradina, Bosnia and Herzegovina		Used for mass executions of inmates of the Jasenovac concentration camp.

Petrified

North America

Living

Name	Species	Location	Age	Notes
Allen Russell	Giant sequoia	Balch Park, Tulare County, California, US		The 33rd largest tree worldwide, named in dedication to park ranger Allen I. Russell.
Angel Oak	Southern live oak	Johns Island, South Carolina, near Charleston, South Carolina, US 32°43′4″N 80°4′46″W / 32.71778°N 80.07944°W / 32.71778; -80.07944 (Angel Oak)	1,400	It stands 66.5 ft (20 m) tall, measures 28 ft (8.5 m) in circumference, and produces shade that covers 17,200 square feet (1,600 m2). Its longest branch distance is 187 ft.The tree and surrounding park have been owned by the neighboring city of Charleston since 1991.
Árbol del Tule	Moctezuma Cypress	Santa María del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico 17°02′47.4″N 96°38′10″W / 17.046500°N 96.63611°W / 17.046500; -96.63611 (Árbol del Tule)	1,433-1,600 years (est)	The stoutest tree in the world. Its trunk has a circumference of 42.0 m (137.8 ft), equating to a diameter of 14.05 m (46.1 ft). In 2001 it was placed on a UNESCO tentative list of World Heritage Sites.
El Arbolito (The Little Tree)		Managua, Nicaragua		A traditional landmark used to give directions in Managua.
Gloomy Night Tree (Árbol de la Noche Triste)		Tacuba, Mexico City, Mexico		An old tree where Hernán Cortés allegedly mourned after being expelled from Tenochtitlan before taking the city by force.
The Banyan Tree	Banyan	Lahaina, Hawaii 20°53′10″N 156°40′29″W / 20.886111°N 156.674722°W / 20.886111; -156.674722 (The Banyan Tree)	~150	Planted in the 1860s, it covers an entire city block in the waterfront in Lahaina.
Bennett Juniper	Juniper	Stanislaus National Forest, Tuolumne County, California US 38°18′32″N 119°47′49.56″W / 38.30889°N 119.7971000°W / 38.30889; -119.7971000 (Bennett Juniper)	2,000-6,000(est)	The largest known Juniper in the United States.
The Big Oak	Oak	Thomasville, Georgia, US		One of the oldest Live Oak trees east of the Mississippi river.
The Big Tree - Goose Island		Rockport, Texas, US		Texas' largest tree, located in Goose Island State Park.
Bogey's Tree		Pacific Palisades, California, US		A tree on the 12th hole at Riviera Country Club, named after Humphrey Bogart.
Boyington Oak	Southern live oak	Mobile, Alabama, US	181	Reportedly grew from the grave of Charles Boyington in the potter's field just outside the walls of Church Street Graveyard. Boyington was tried and executed for the murder of his friend, Nathaniel Frost, on February 20, 1835. He stated that a tree would spring from his grave as proof of his innocence.[11][12]
Buttonball Tree	American sycamore	Sunderland, MA, US 42°28′07.83″N 72°34′42.14″W / 42.4688417°N 72.5783722°W / 42.4688417; -72.5783722	350-400 (est)	Large tourist attraction of the town; the tree is believed to be the largest tree of its kind on the East Coast, or as locals put it, "The widest tree this side of the Mississippi."
Candler Oak Tree	Oak	Savannah, Georgia	~300	A Georgia Landmark and Historic Tree. It is owned by the Savannah Law School which protects the tree with fences and security surveillance. The tree serves as the law school’s logo.
Chandelier Tree	Coast Redwood	Leggett, California	~2,000	A Coast redwood with a passage for cars cut through. It is 276-foot (84 m) high and 16-foot (4.9 m) ft. in diameter. The name "Chandelier Tree" comes from its unique limbs that resemble a chandelier.
Circus Trees		California		A group of trees shaped into artistic forms by arborist Axel Erlandson
Comfort Maple	Sugar maple	Pelham, Ontario, Canada	500	A 24.5-metre (80 ft) tall, approximately 500-year-old Sugar maple.
Council Oak Tree	Oak	Hollywood, Florida		A historic oak tree on the Hollywood Seminole Indian Reservation that was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
Creek Council Oak Tree	White oak	Tulsa, Oklahoma, US		A large oak tree marking the founding of Tulsa by the Lochapoka Clan of the Creek Nation in 1836. Listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Davie Poplar	Tulip poplar	Chapel Hill, North Carolina, US	300-375	A large tree on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, it was named in honor of Revolutionary War general and founder of the University William Richardson Davie. Many legends are associated with the tree.
Devil's Tree	Oak	Bernards Township, New Jersey, US		The tree is said to be cursed. Local legend says those who damage or disrespect the tree will soon thereafter come to some sort of harm, often in the form of a car accident or major breakdown as they leave.
Duffie Oak		Mobile, Alabama, US	300	It is estimated to be at least 300 years old and has a circumference of 30 feet 11 inches (9.42 m), a height of 48 feet (15 m) and a spread of 126 feet (38 m). Scholars consider it to be the oldest living landmark in the city.[13][14]
Emancipation Oak	Southern live oak	Hampton, Virginia, US		On the campus of Hampton University, it is 98 feet (30 m) in diameter, with branches which extend upward as well as laterally. It is designated one of the 10 Great Trees of the World by the National Geographic Society and is part of the National Historic Landmark district of Hampton University.
Endicott Pear Tree	European Pear	Danvers, Massachusetts, US	about 375	Planted by Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Endecott in the 1630s or 1640s, this tree is believed to be the oldest cultivated fruit tree in North America.42°32′54″N 70°55′48″W / 42.548238°N 70.930013°W / 42.548238; -70.930013
Friendship Oak	Southern live oak	Long Beach, Mississippi, US	500	A large tree on the Gulf Park campus of the University of Southern Mississippi, 59 feet (18 m) tall with a trunk diameter of 5.75 feet (1.75 m) and circumference of 19.8 feet (6.0 m).30°21′06.37″N 89°08′09.94″W / 30.3517694°N 89.1360944°W / 30.3517694; -89.1360944
General Grant tree	Giant Sequoia	Kings Canyon National Park, California, US		The "Nation's Christmas Tree" of the United States,
General Sherman tree	Giant Sequoia	Sequoia National Park, California, US	2300-2700	The world's largest Giant Sequoia.
Goshin	Foemina junipers	Washington, D.C.	~65	A bonsai forest planting of eleven junipers donated to the National Bonsai Foundation in 1984, displayed since at the United States National Arboretum.
Grizzly Giant	Giant Sequoia	Yosemite National Park, California, US		One of the oldest and largest Giant Sequoias in Yosemite National Park
Hangman's Elm	English Elm	Manhattan, New York City, NY, US	~310	The oldest known tree in Manhattan. Located in Washington Square Park, it stands 110 feet (33.52 m) tall and has a diameter of 56 inches (1.42 m). 40°43′55″N 73°59′55″W / 40.7319444444°N 73.9986111111°W / 40.7319444444; -73.9986111111
Hare Krishna Tree	American Elm	Manhattan's East Village, New York City, NY, US		The founding site of the Hare Krishna movement in the United States.
Harris Creek Sitka Spruce	Sitka spruce	Near the creek bed of Harris Creek, off the Pacific Marine Road between Port Renfrew, BC and Honeymoon Bay, BC on Vancouver Island, British Columbia 48°40′45″N 124°12′51″W / 48.67921°N 124.21418°W / 48.67921; -124.21418 (Harris Creek Sitka Spruce)		At 4 metres (13 ft) in diameter,[15] it is not the largest sitka spruce on Vancouver Island, but is easily accessible due to the paving of a former logging road,[16] and has become well-known: hikers going by on the Harris Creek Main trail are recommended by trail guide books to make a short detour to visit it. Can be reached by wheel-chair-accessible short trail from Pacific Marine Road, from small sign on right hand side of road going northeast, about 20 km north-east of Port Renfrew, or 8 km past Lizard Lake.[17] Logging in this area was permanently restricted by a 2012 vote.[15]
Hyperion	Coast Redwood	California, US		At 115.5 m tall the tallest tree in the world, found in 2006.
International World War Peace Tree	Linden tree	Darmstadt, Indiana, US	~100	A tree planted in by German American immigrants, it was dedicated at the end of World War I as a reminder of Germany's armistice with the United States and a sign of loyalty to America.
Iluvatar	Coast Redwood	Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, near Orick, California, US		An arborist resting next to the coast redwood Iluvatar in the spring of 2008. The third largest known coa
Jardine Juniper	Rocky Mountain juniper	Logan Canyon, Cache National Forest. Utah, US	~1500	Notable for its age, it was named after USAC alumnus and former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture William Marion Jardine.
Le Chêne à Papineau	Northern Red Oak	Montebello, Quebec, Canada		Estimated 300 years old and 20 m tall, it is one of the oldest known trees in Quebec.
Linden Oak	White oak	North Bethesda, Maryland, US	~300	A large tree with a height of 97 feet (30 m) and a crown spread of 132 feet (40 m) as measured in February 2008 by the Maryland Big Tree Program. 39°01′22″N 77°06′08″W / 39.0227679167°N 77.1022224444°W / 39.0227679167; -77.1022224444
Lone Cypress	Monterey Cypress	Pebble Beach, California, US	~250	A dramatically situated tree, a western icon, and considered one of the most photographed trees in North America. 36°34′07″N 121°57′55″W / 36.568748°N 121.965339°W / 36.568748; -121.965339
Lost Monarch	Coast Redwood	Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, California, US		The world's fifth largest coast redwood in terms of wood volume with a 26 feet (7.9 m) diameter at breast height (with multiple stems included), and 320 feet (98 m) in height.
Luna	Coast redwood	Humboldt County, California	600-1000	A 200 feet (61 m) tall redwood that became notable when environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill lived on a platform in the tree for 738 days in 1997-1999 to prevent it from being logged. In 2000, it was cut halfway through with a chainsaw but has survived and has been braced for support. 40°26′18″N 124°3′10″W / 40.43833°N 124.05278°W / 40.43833; -124.05278
Brooklyn Magnolia	Magnolia grandiflora	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, US	~130	An unusually large magnolia grandiflora for the latitude. A New York City designated landmark. The tree was brought as a seedling from North Carolina and planted around 1885.
Man in Tree sequoia	Sequoia sempervirens	Downtown Seattle		The site of a police standoff with a mentally ill man
Marlboro Tree	Black willow	Marlboro Township, New Jersey, US		The tree is about 152 years old and measures 76 feet (23 m) in height and 19 ft 8 in (5.99 m) in circumference. Five grown people must hold hands to fully encircle the tree.
Methuselah	Great Basin Bristlecone Pine	California, US	4,700	A candidate for the oldest known living organism (approximately 4,700 years)
Moon trees				Grown from seeds taken into orbit around the moon
Old Oak Tree	White oak	Churchyard of Presbyterian Church in Basking Ridge, Basking Ridge, NJ	600	Nearly 100 feet (30 m) tall with a spread of more than 130 feet (40 m). Evangelical speakers woke up more than 3,000 underneath in 1740. Watched over American Revolutionary War events, survived numerous hurricanes, but is failing to thrive in 2016.
El Palo Alto	Coast Redwood	Palo Alto, California, US		A landmark that gave the city of Palo Alto its name. It stood up above its surroundings in a wide flat area and thus could be seen from far away in all directions, as far back as 1769 when Spanish explorers camped underneath it. It is no longer as impressive as it once was, having lost more than 50 feet (15 m) since its height was measured at 162.2 feet (49.4 m) in 1814.
Pando (Latin for "I spread")	Quaking Aspen	Utah, US		A Quaking Aspen colony in Utah, is the oldest known clonal colony at possibly 80,000 years, and the heaviest at 6,000 tonnes.
Perryville Tree engravings		Perryville, Maryland, US		Trees carved by mentally ill veterans.
Pinchot Sycamore	American sycamore	Simsbury, Connecticut, US	200-300+	The largest tree in Connecticut, an ancient sycamore named for Gifford Pinchot.
Queens Giant	Tulip-tree (Liriodendron tulipifera)	Northeast Queens, New York|	350-450	The tree measures 40 metres (130 ft) tall and is 350–450 years old. It is the oldest living organism in the New York metropolitan area.
Santa Barbara's Moreton Bay Fig Tree		Santa Barbara, California, US	~138
Seven Sisters Oak	Southern live oak	Lewisberg, Louisiana, US	1,500	Believed to be nearly 1,500 years old. The tree has a girth of over 38 feet (12 m) and is the president of the Live Oak Society.
Stratosphere Giant	Coast Redwood	California, US		112.8 m tall, the tallest known tree in the world until displaced by Hyperion.
Survivor Tree	American Elm	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US		Incorporated into the Oklahoma City National Memorial. Located across the street from the Murrah Federal Office Building, it survived the terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995.
Survivor Tree	Callery Pear	New York, New York, US		Survived the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001 and was incorporated into the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.
Treaty Oak	Southern live oak	Jacksonville, Florida, US		The Treaty Oak is an octopus-like Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in Jacksonville, Florida. It is estimated to be 250 years old and is located in Treaty Oak Park in the Southbank area of Downtown Jacksonville.
The Tree That Owns Itself	White Oak	Athens, Georgia, US	"Son of..." planted Dec, 4, 1946	According to local folklore, owns itself and all land within 2.5 m (8 ft) of its base.
Trout Lake Big Tree	Ponderosa Pine	Mount Adams (Washington), US 46°03′32″N 121°31′47″W / 46.0588°N 121.5296°W / 46.0588; -121.5296		At 202 feet (62 m) tall and a diameter of 7 feet (210 cm), it is one of the largest known ponderosa pine trees in the world.
Washington Oak	White oak	Princeton, New Jersey, US		Overlooks the Princeton Battlefield State Park; located where British and American forces first saw each other, igniting the Battle of Princeton in 1777.
Washington tree	Giant Sequoia	California, US
Witch Tree		Grand Portage, Minnesota, US		Also called Manido Giizhigance, or Little Cedar Spirit Tree by the Ojibwe Indian tribe, is a cedar growing on the rocky shoreline of Lake Superior. It is at least 300 years old, possibly twice that, revered by the local Ojibwe Indian tribe, and mentioned by French explorers in 1731.
Salem Oak	White oak	Salem friends burial grounds in Salem, New Jersey, US	500-600	22 ft (6.7 m) circumference. Estimated between 500 and 600 years old. This tree did not sustain any damage from the Hurricane Sandy in October 2012.
Pechanga Great Oak	Coast live oak	Temecula, California, US	1500-2000	Oldest oak tree in the United States, possibly in the world.
	Black walnut	Longview, Washington, US	161	Marks the location of the Monticello Convention, establishing the Washington Territory in 1852.[18]

Historical

Name	Species	Location	Age	Notes
Hollow Log (Balch Park)	Giant Sequoia	Balch Park, Tulare County, California US 36°13′13″N 118°40′46″W / 36.220404°N 118.679318°W / 36.220404; -118.679318 (Hollow Log)		A naturally hollowed out log of a now fallen giant sequoia that was once an attraction at a private resort before the land was donated as a park in 1930.
Beaman Oak	White oak	West Boylston, Massachusetts, US		The largest white oak in Massachusetts, with a 31-foot circumference and featured on the seal of the Town of West Boylston.
The Royal Oak	Oak	Royal Oak, Michigan, US		In 1819, Michigan Governor Lewis Cass and several companions set out on an exploration of Michigan territory to disprove land surveyors' claims that the territory was swampy and uninhabitable. The beginning of their journey seemed to support those claims until they reached a desirable area of higher ground near the intersections of Main, Rochester and Crooks Roads. Here they encountered a stately oak tree with a trunk considerably wider than most other oaks. Its large branches reminded Cass of the legend of the royal oak tree, under which King Charles II of England took sanctuary from enemy forces in 1660. Cass and his companions christened the tree the "Royal Oak."
Balmville Tree	Eastern Cottonwood	Balmville, New York, US		Oldest tree of its species in the Eastern United States, placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 as New York State's smallest state forest.
Black Hawk Tree	Cottonwood	Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, US		Debunked local lore held that Sauk Chief Black Hawk once hid amongst its branches to escape his pursuers. The tree was destroyed by a storm during the 1920s.
Burmis tree	Limber pine	Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada		Declared dead in 1979 but still standing on the north side of the Crowsnest Highway.
	Buttonwood	Wall Street, New York City, NY, US		The tree which once stood at the foot of Wall Street in New York City. It was under this tree that stock traders once gathered and formed the Buttonwood Agreement which later evolved into the New York Stock Exchange.
Charter Oak	White oak	Connecticut, US		An unusually large tree that was used to hide the Connecticut colonial constitution from English governor-general Sir Edmund Andros. The oak became a symbol of American independence and is commemorated on the Connecticut State Quarter. It fell during a storm in 1856. 41°45′33″N 72°40′25″W / 41.75930°N 72.67355°W / 41.75930; -72.67355
Eisenhower Tree	Loblolly pine	Augusta, Georgia, US	100-125	Loblolly pine tree on the Augusta National Golf Club course, said to be "among the most famous landmarks in golf", and particularly frustrating to Dwight D. Eisenhower. Removed in 2014 after suffering irreparable damage during an ice storm.
Encino Oak Tree	Coast Live Oak	Los Angeles, California, US		A 1,000-year-old tree in the Encino section of Los Angeles. It was also known as the Lang Oak. Once described as "the oldest known tree in the city of Los Angeles," it fell on February 7, 1998, due to strong winds from an El Niño storm.
Geneseo Big Tree		Geneseo, New York, US		A giant tree on the Genesee River, reported by some as an elm, by others as an oak. It was the site of the 1797 Treaty of Big Tree between Robert Morris and the Seneca tribe to sell most of western New York, also known as The Holland Purchase. It was washed away in a flood in the mid 19th century.
Great Elm (Boston)	Elm	Boston, Massachusetts, US		The tree stood at the center of the Boston Common until February 15, 1876. Initially believed to be used for executions, the tree later gained prestige as a centerpiece of the area.
Herbie	American elm	Yarmouth, Maine, US	212	At 110 feet in height, it was the oldest and largest of its kind in New England. Having battled Dutch elm disease for years, its condition worsened and it was felled in 2010.
Hooker Oak		Chico, California, US
Inspiration Oak	Live Oak	Magnolia Springs, Alabama, US		Having a spread of 192 feet, this oak, a landmark on U.S. Highway 98, was girdled with a chainsaw in October 1990 during an eminent domain dispute with Baldwin County officials. Grafting efforts to save the tree failed, and it died in 1993. Estimated by locals to be around 500 years old, it was discovered to be only 90 years old in a ring count.
"The Joshua Tree"	Yucca brevifolia	Mojave Desert, US		A lone-standing Joshua tree featured in the album art of The Joshua Tree by U2. The tree fell around 2000. A plaque now stands where the tree was, as the site is a popular site for fans to pay tribute to the band.
Kiidk'yaas (The Golden Spruce)	Sitka Spruce	Queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia, Canada		A rare golden Sitka Spruce sacred to the Haida, on Haida Gwaii. The tree was illegally felled in 1997.
Liberty Tree	Elm Tree	Boston, Massachusetts, US		A famous tree near Boston Common where colonists in Boston staged the first act of defiance against the British government at the tree. The tree became a rallying point for the growing resistance to the rule of Britain over the American colonies and for that reason it was felled by British soldiers in 1775.
Lincoln Oak	Oak	Bloomington, Illinois, US		Historic tree at which Stephen A. Douglas and Abraham Lincoln both gave speeches during the 1850s. The tree died in 1976.
Logan Elm	American Elm	Pickaway County, Ohio, US		One of the largest American elm trees recorded at 65-foot-tall (20 m) with a trunk circumference of 24 feet (7.3 m) and a crown spread of 180 feet (55 m). Weakened by Dutch Elm Disease, the tree died from storm damage in 1964.
Mercer Oak	White oak	Princeton, New Jersey, US		The tree on which a wounded General Hugh Mercer rested during the American Revolutionary War's Battle of Princeton. Despite its fall in early 2000, it continues to be Princeton's emblem.
Mingo Oak	White oak	Mingo County, West Virginia, US		Formerly the oldest and largest white oak in the United States until its felling on September 23, 1938.
National Christmas Tree	Blue spruce	President's Park in Washington, D.C., US		It was 9 meters (30 ft) tall when it was transplanted from York, Pennsylvania, in 1978. It was felled by a windstorm on February 19, 2011.
Prometheus	Great Basin Bristlecone Pine		5,000	Was the oldest living non-clonal organism. The age was estimated at 5,000 years. The tree was cut down on August 6, 1964, by a graduate student and U.S. Forest Service personnel for research purposes, though at the time they did not know of its world-record age.
Senator	Pond cypress	Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida, US		Was the oldest Pond Cypress tree in the world. It was 35 meters (115 ft) tall with a trunk diameter of 344 cm and an estimated stem volume of 119.4 m3. It was estimated to be 3,500 years old at the time of its demise in early 2012.
Treaty of Greenville Tree		Greenville, Ohio, US
Mother of the Forest	Giant sequoia			a 321-foot (98 m) giant sequoia
The Washington Oak		Hampton Plantation near Charleston, South Carolina, US		When George Washington visited Charleston in 1791, Eliza Lucas Pinckney complained about a live oak that blocked the view. Washington remarked that he liked the tree, so it was saved and has since been known as the Washington Oak.
Wawona Tree	Giant sequoia			Giant sequoia with a tunnel cut through it. Fell in 1969.
Webster Sycamore	American sycamore	Near Webster Springs in Webster County, West Virginia	approx. 500	The largest American sycamore in the U.S. state of West Virginia until its felling in 2010.
Wethersfield Elm
Wye Oak	White oak	Maryland, US		Was the honorary state tree of Maryland, and the largest white oak tree in the United States.

Petrified

Other

• Anthem Christmas tree, the tallest Christmas tree in the United States, erected annually at the Outlets at Anthem outside Phoenix, Arizona.
• Boston Christmas Tree. Since 1971, given to Boston by the people of Nova Scotia in thanks for their assistance during the 1917 Halifax Explosion. Located in the Boston Common.
• Capitol Christmas Tree, the tree erected annually on the West Front Lawn of the United States Capitol, in Washington, D.C.
• Chicago Christmas Tree, the annual tree located in Millennium Park in the city of Chicago. Historically, the tree was located in Grant Park and Daley Plaza.
• Grove Christmas Tree, a 100-foot tree that is lit every year at The Grove at Farmer's Market in Los Angeles, California.
• Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, a Christmas tree on display every December in Rockefeller Center, New York City.
• The Tree of Life, a fourteen-story artificial tree in Disney's Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Florida.

Central America

Living

• Guanacaste tree, focal point of Guanacaste National Park, Belize.

South America

Living

• Cashew of Pirangi (in Portuguese language, Cajueiro de Pirangi) tree, major tourist attraction in Natal, Brazil. Believed to be the biggest cashew in the world.
  5°58′43″S 35°07′24″W / 5.978657°S 35.123372°W / -5.978657; -35.123372 (Maior cajueiro do mundo (Cashew of Pirangi))

Oceania

Living

Historical

• The Tree of Knowledge at Barcaldine, Queensland under which the Australian Labor Party was traditionally founded. In an act of vandalism, the tree was poisoned and was eventually declared dead in October 2006.
  23°33′8″S 145°17′23″E / 23.55222°S 145.28972°E / -23.55222; 145.28972 (Tree of Knowledge)
• The pine of One Tree Hill, a radiata pine which stood alone until 2000 atop One Tree Hill (Maunga-Kiekie), an extinct volcanic cone in Auckland city, New Zealand.
• Old Gum Tree, Glenelg, South Australia.
• The Explorers Tree, marked by the explorers who crossed the Blue Mountains (New South Wales) in 1813.
• Jacaranda, University of Sydney, famous tree in the main Quadrangle. Planted 1928. Died of old age in 2016.

Mythological and religious

• Bodhi Tree, under which Siddhartha Gautama, the spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism later known as Gautama Buddha, achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi.
• World Tree
  • Égig érő fa, the "Tree Reaching into the Sky" of Hungarian folk art and a folk tale type
  • Irminsul
  • Jievaras, the World tree in Lithuanian mythology.
  • Yggdrasil, the World Tree in the Old Norse religion.
• Cutting of the elm, a legendary event concerning a tree at Gisors.
• Cypress of Kashmar, planted by Zoroaster and felled by Caliph Al Mutawakkil.
• Man-eating tree
• Thor's Oak, a sacred tree to the ancient Germanic tribe of the Chatti.
• Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, from Christianity and Judaism.
• Tree of Life, from Christianity and Judaism.
• The Lote Tree
• The Zaqqum Tree

Fictional

• The Kite-Eating Tree from Peanuts.
• The Menoa Tree from the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini.
• Telperion and Laurelin, the Two Trees of Valinor, from The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien.
• The White Tree of Gondor, Fangorn forest and the Ents tree herders, from The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien.
• The Whomping Willow standing in the grounds of Hogwarts, from Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling.
• The Giving Tree from the Shel Silverstein book of the same name
• The Deku Tree, from the Legend of Zelda

See also

• List of superlative trees
• List of oldest trees
• List of long-living organisms
• Notable elm trees
• List of famous Eucalypt trees
• List of Great British Trees
• Gerichtslinde
• List of tree genera
• Bonsai

References

External links

• Map of this list (in progress)
• World’s first tree reconstructed 385 million-year-old tree