2018 Atlanta Champion Trees RankYEAR SPECIES COMMON NAME LOCATION CIR (ft) CIR (in) HEIGHT(ft) SPREAD (ft) Points 1 2014 Acer buergerianum Maple - Trident corner of Peachtree Rd and Peachtree Way 2.2 26.0 36.0 18.0 66.5 1 2015 Acer japonicum Maple - Japanese Callanwolde Arts Center - in dedication garden area 2.3 27.5 23.2 22.5 56.3 1 2011 Acer rubrum Maple - Red McLendon Ave, across from Lake Claire park on boardwalk 9.2 110.0 109.3 52.5 232.5 2 2012 Acer rubrum Maple - Red Dearborn Park, Decatur, GA 9.5 114.5 95.2 50.0 222.2 3 2010 Acer rubrum Maple - Red East Palisades, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area 8.5 101.5 88.0 45.0 200.8 1 2010 Acer saccharinum Maple - Silver Herbert Taylor Park 13.7 164.0 101.6 91.0 288.4 1 2009 Acer saccharinum Maple - Silver Ponce de Leon Ave (btwn Clifton Rd & Lakshore Dr) 14.8 177.6 88.9 60.0 281.5 1 2012 Acer saccharinum Maple - Silver Herbert Taylor Park 12.6 151.0 111.0 60.0 277.0 1 2014 Acer saccharum Maple - Southern Sugar 207 E. Parkwood, Decatur, GA 10.9 131.0 81.8 70.0 230.3 2 2010 Acer saccharum Maple - Southern Sugar Beecher Hills 7.7 92.0 104.3 52.0 209.3 2 2012 Acer saccharum Maple - Southern Sugar Beecher Hills 6.2 74.0 119.4 50.0 205.9 1 2010 Aesculus hippocastanum Chestnut - Horse Decatur City Parks building, Sycamore St. 5.5 66.0 62.0 52.5 141.1 2 2016 Aesculus hippocastanum Chestnut - Horse Woodlands Garden 2.0 24.0 48.0 20.0 77.0 1 2010 Aesculus parviflora Buckeye - Bottlebrush Emory University 0.7 8.5 12.7 18.0 25.7 1 2014 Aesculus pavia Buckeye - Red 1730 northeast expy ne, atlanta, ga 30329 3.7 44.0 20.4 25.0 70.7 1 2011 Amelanchier arborea Serviceberry Frazer Center - Cator Woolford Gardens 1.2 14.8 23.4 20.5 43.3 1 2013 Aralia spinosa Devil's Walking Stick Woodlands Gardens - 920 Scott Blvd, Decatur, GA 1.2 15.8 33.1 10.0 51.4 2 2016 Aralia spinosa Devil's Walking Stick Emory University, Lullwater (seen from bridge) 0.8 10.0 25.5 13.0 38.8 3 2010 Aralia spinosa Devil's Walking Stick Fernbank Elementary Forest- Heaton Park Drive 0.6 6.8 26.6 10.0 35.9 3 2010 Aralia spinosa Devil's Walking Stick Emory University, Lullwater 0.6 7.2 24.4 11.0 34.4 1 2010 Asimina triloba Paw paw East Palisades, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area 1.6 19.3 36.5 11.0 58.6 1 2014 Betula nigra Birch - River Atlanta Memorial Park- just west of Nside Drive along north bank of Ptree10.0 Creek 120.0 74.2 75.0 213.0 1 2010 Betula nigra Birch - River East Palisades, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area 8.5 102.5 83.5 53.3 199.3 2 2012 Betula nigra Birch - River Emory University - Wesley Woods Home at creek 8.6 103.6 67.9 50.0 184.0 2 2012 Betula nigra Birch - River Medlock Park along PATH 8.1 97.0 71.9 50.2 181.4 1 2012 Calocedrus decurrens Cedar - Incense Agnes Scott College at Candler Rd 9.4 113.0 82.1 40.0 205.1 1 2012 Carpinus caroliniana Ironwood Candler Park, SE side in forest 4.4 52.6 44.9 46.5 109.1 1 2016 Carpinus caroliniana Ironwood Fernbank Forest 2.8 33.0 60.8 39.0 103.6 2 2016 Carpinus caroliniana Ironwood Emory University, Lullwater 2.5 30.2 62.3 40.0 102.5 3 2013 Carpinus caroliniana Ironwood Cascade Springs on trail at falls 2.5 30.0 61.5 35.0 100.3 3 2012 Carpinus caroliniana Ironwood Fernbank Forest 2.2 26.0 65.0 36.0 100.0 1 2012 Carya alba Hickory - Mockernut Emory University 7.2 86.0 119.2 45.0 216.5 1 2017 Carya cordiformis Hickory - Bitternut Herbert Taylor Park (Daniel Johnson NP) 7.3 87.0 128.0 52.0 228.0 2 2017 Carya cordiformis Hickory - Bitternut Fernbank Forest, below pond 6.5 77.5 127.7 45.0 216.5 2 2012 Carya cordiformis Hickory - Bitternut Emory University 5.5 66.0 133.9 45.0 211.2 2 2017 Carya cordiformis Hickory - Bitternut Clear Creek Nature Preserve, Brookwood Hills 6.4 77.0 122.0 45.0 210.3 2 2017 Carya cordiformis Hickory - Bitternut Clear Creek Nature Preserve, Brookwood Hills 7.2 86.2 109.0 45.0 206.4 3 2012 Carya cordiformis Hickory - Bitternut Frazer Forest 6.2 74.0 110.4 45.0 195.7 1 2010 Carya glabra Hickory - Pignut Fernbank Forest 8.1 97.6 141.6 57.0 253.4 1 2010 Carya glabra Hickory - Pignut Glenn Lake Park, Decatur, GA 9.5 114.0 116.3 78.0 249.8 1 2013 Carya glabra Hickory - Pignut Orme Park 9.1 109.5 120.4 60.0 244.9 2 2010 Carya glabra Hickory - Pignut Beecher Hills 6.7 80.5 145.4 32.5 234.0 1 2015 Carya Illinoinensis Pecan Entrenchment Creek, South DeKalb County 15.3 183.5 94.0 103.0 303.3 2 2014 Carya Illinoinensis Pecan 1st Ave, Avondale Estates, GA 11.3 135.5 91.7 96.0 251.2 2 2012 Carya Illinoinensis Pecan Brookwood Hills neighborhood- private property 9.8 118.0 118.2 50.0 248.7 2 2017 Carya Illinoinensis Pecan Ridgewood Dr NE, near Haygood dr (Emory/DHHS area) 10.0 120.0 99.0 80.0 239.0 1 2012 Carya ovata Hickory - Shagbark Lake Charlotte Nature Preserve 7.8 94.0 118.1 50.0 224.6 2 2012 Carya ovata Hickory - Shagbark Forrest Park Rd and Hutchens Rd, Atlanta, GA 5.9 70.6 100.0 40.0 180.6 1 2010 Catalpa bignonioides Catalpa - Southern Westview Cemetery- Section #12 12.0 143.5 46.7 60.0 205.2 2 2010 Catalpa bignonioides Catalpa - Southern 53 Rockyford, Atlanta, GA 5.8 70.1 81.0 31.5 159.0 3 2010 Catalpa bignonioides Catalpa - Southern Oakview Rd at Spring St, Decatur, GA 7.3 87.0 53.2 39.0 150.0 1 2012 Cedrus deodara Cedar - Deodar Piedmont Park 12.0 144.0 98.7 66.0 259.2 2 2010 Cedrus deodara Cedar - Deodar Fernbank Museum - "Overlook Forest" 6.6 79.6 121.8 42.5 212.0 1 2012 Celtis laevigata Sugarberry - Southern HackberryClear Creek Nature Preserve, Brookwood Hills 11.3 135.0 109.0 86.0 265.5 2 2010 Celtis laevigata Sugarberry - Southern HackberryFreedom Park, Inman Park area 10.1 121.0 81.1 78.0 221.6 3 2010 Celtis laevigata Sugarberry - Southern HackberryHerbert Taylor Park 9.6 115.0 78.5 62.0 209.0 1 2014 Cephalanthus occidentalis Buttonbush Cabbagetown Park along low lying trail/bridge 1.2 14.4 16.0 16.0 34.4 1 2012 Cercis canadensis Redbud - Eastern Gilbert House 3.8 45.0 43.0 38.0 97.5 2 2010 Cercis canadensis Redbud - Eastern 128 Champlain St 3.9 46.6 30.7 25.0 83.5 2 2018 Cercis canadensis Redbud - Eastern Fernbank Forest - near trail behind Hodgson House 2.0 24.5 51.8 20.0 81.3 1 2011 Chionanthus retusus Fringetree - Chinese Atlanta Botanical Garden 3.9 47.0 26.0 43.5 83.9 1 2015 Chionanthus virginicus Fringetree - American Atlanta History Center 1.6 19.0 28.9 22.0 53.4 1 2011 Cladrastis kentukea Yellowwood Lullwater Preservation Garden 2.2 26.0 50.4 32.0 84.4 1 2010 Cornus alternifolia Dogwood - Alternate leaf Fernbank Science Center 1.3 15.5 26.2 22.5 47.3 2 2016 Cornus alternifolia Dogwood - Alternate leaf Emory University 0.9 10.6 23.5 22.5 39.7 3 2018 Cornus alternifolia Dogwood - Alternate leaf Fernbank Forest - new access trail 0.8 9.0 16.6 19.5 30.5 1 2014 Cornus amomum Dogwood - Silky forest behind 136 Murray Hill Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 0.5 6.2 19.0 24.0 31.2 1 2011 Cornus controversa Dogwood - Giant Atlanta Botanical Garden 5.3 63.6 35.2 50.0 111.3 1 2009 Cornus florida Dogwood - Flowering 458 Ponce de Leon Ave, Atlanta 30308 on Charles Allen Dr 6.2 74.4 30.0 45.0 115.7 2 2017 Cornus florida Dogwood - Flowering Peachtree Christian, 1580 Peachtree St NE, Atlanta, GA 4.0 48.0 42.3 40.0 100.3 3 2012 Cornus florida Dogwood - Flowering Woodlands Gardens - 920 Scott Blvd, Decatur, GA 2.3 27.5 56.4 25.0 90.1 3 2017 Cornus florida Dogwood - Flowering Lynwood Park 3360 Osborne Rd Brookhaven 30319 5.7 67.8 25.0 30.0 100.3 4 2017 Cornus florida Dogwood - Flowering 650 Delmar Ave (tree is on Marion Ave) 3.3 39.0 45.0 27.0 90.8 1 2016 Cornus kousa Dogwood - Kousa 2414 Glenwood Dr. NE 2.0 24.0 14.5 15.5 42.4 1 2011 Cotinus obovatus Smoketree - American Atlanta Botanical Garden 3.5 42.0 40.2 35.0 91.0 2 2015 Cotinus obovatus Smoketree - American Atlanta History Center 2.5 30.0 43.1 33.0 81.4 1 2005 Crataegus spp.