Atlanta Champion Trees - 2014 - largest trees of their species inside I-285 HEIGHT SPREAD Rank YEAR SPECIES COMMON NAME LOCATION CIR (ft) CIR (in) (ft) (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 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, north end floodplain, 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 2002 Acer saccharinum Maple - Silver 310 Robinhood Rd Atlanta 30309 14.9 178.8 85.0 95.0 287.6 1 2010 Acer saccharinum Maple - Silver Herbert Taylor Park, near Ptree Creek 13.5 162.0 101.6 91.0 286.4 1 2009 Acer saccharinum Maple - Silver Ponce de Leon Ave (btwn Clifton Rd & Lakeshore Dr) 14.8 177.6 88.9 60.0 281.5 1 2012 Acer saccharinum Maple - Silver Herbert Taylor Park, near Ptree Creek 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 2012 Aesculus flava Buckeye - Yellow Woodlands Gardens - 920 Scott Blvd, Decatur, GA 1.9 23.0 48.1 20.0 76.1 1 2010 Aesculus hippocastanum Chestnut - Horse Decatur Rec building, Sycamore St. and N. Candler 5.5 66.0 62.0 52.5 141.1 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 14.0 33.1 10.0 49.6 2 2010 Aralia spinosa Devil's Walking Stick Fernbank Elementary Forest- Heaton Park Drive 0.6 6.8 26.6 10.0 35.9 2 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 2012 Baccharis halimifolia Baccharis - Eastern Georgia Perimeter College - Native Plant Garden 2.3 27.0 18.9 18.0 50.4 1 2014 Betula nigra Birch - River Atlanta Memorial Park- west of Nside Dr, north bank of Ptree Creek10.0 120.0 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 2010 Carpinus caroliniana Ironwood Emory University, Lullwater 3.7 44.4 50.6 38.0 104.5 1 2013 Carpinus caroliniana Ironwood Cascade Springs on trail at falls 2.5 30.0 61.5 35.0 100.3 2 2012 Carpinus caroliniana Ironwood Candler Park, SE side in forest 3.5 42.0 42.9 48.5 97.0 2 2012 Carpinus caroliniana Ironwood Fernbank Forest 2.5 30.0 56.0 39.0 95.8 2 2012 Carpinus caroliniana Ironwood Fernbank Forest 2.2 26.0 60.2 36.0 95.2 1 2012 Carya alba Hickory - Mockernut Emory University 7.2 86.0 119.2 45.0 216.5 1 2012 Carya cordiformis Hickory - Bitternut Emory University 5.5 66.0 133.9 45.0 211.2 2 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 on PATH, 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 80.4 143.7 32.5 232.2 1 2014 Carya Illinoensis Pecan private property, Avondale Estates, GA 11.3 135.5 91.7 96.0 251.2 1 2012 Carya Illinoensis Pecan Brookwood Hills neighborhood- private property 9.8 118.0 118.2 50.0 248.7 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 (front yard tree) 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, adjacent to Noguchi Playground 12.0 144.0 98.7 66.0 259.2 2 2010 Cedrus deodara Cedar - Deodar Fernbank Museum - "Overlook Forest" in floodplain 6.6 79.6 121.8 42.5 212.0 2013 Celtis laevigata Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry 820 Virgil St. NE, Inman Park n'hood 14.8 177.2 77.2 90.0 276.9 1 2012 Celtis laevigata Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry Clear Creek Nature Preserve, Brookwood Hills 10.8 130.0 106.0 86.0 257.5 2 2010 Celtis laevigata Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry Freedom Park, Inman Park area 10.1 121.0 81.1 78.0 221.6 3 2010 Celtis laevigata Sugarberry, Southern Hackberry Herbert 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, Decatur, GA 3.9 46.6 30.7 25.0 83.5 2 2010 Cercis canadensis Redbud - Eastern Frazer Center - Cator Woolford Gardens 3.5 42.0 27.5 36.0 78.5 1 2011 Chionanthus retusus Fringetree - Chinese Atlanta Botanical Garden 3.9 47.0 26.0 43.5 83.9 1 2011 Cladrastis kentukea Yellowwood Lullwater Preservation Garden, Lullwater Rd, Atlanta, GA 2.2 26.0 50.4 32.0 84.4 1 2010 Cornus alterniflora Dogwood - Alternate leaf Fernbank Science Center near forest gate behind bldg. 1.3 15.5 26.2 22.5 47.3 1 2012 Cornus alterniflora Dogwood - Alternate leaf Emory University 0.9 10.6 23.5 22.5 39.7 1 2011 Cornus alterniflora Dogwood - Alternate leaf Herbert Taylor Park 0.4 5.0 18.1 8.0 25.1 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 - Chinese Atlanta Botanical Garden 5.3 63.6 35.2 50.0 111.3 1 2009 Cornus florida Dogwood - Flowering Grace United Methodist Church on Charles Allen Dr (at Ponce) 6.2 74.4 30.0 45.0 115.7 1 2012 Cornus florida Dogwood - Flowering Woodlands Gardens - 920 Scott Blvd, Decatur, GA 2.3 27.5 56.4 25.0 90.1 1 2011 Cotinus obovatus Smoketree - American Atlanta Botanical Garden 3.5 42.0 40.2 35.0 91.0 1 2005 Crataegus spp. Hawthorn 1455 Berkley Lane 5.0 60.0 30.0 25.0 96.3 1 2013 Cryptomeria japonica Japanese Cedar Fernbank Forest 5.3 63.5 90.8 25.0 160.5 1 2013 Diospyrus virginiana Persimmon PATH at Louise G. Howard Park and Bobby Jones golf course 4.1 49.0 99.0 25.0 154.2 1 2012 Diospyrus virginiana Persimmon Herbert Taylor Park, west of Rock Creek 3.6 43.0 102.0 26.0 151.5 2 2010 Diospyrus virginiana Persimmon Fernbank Forest 4.2 50.4 85.8 27.0 143.0 3 2010 Diospyrus virginiana Persimmon Fernbank Science Center, front island area facing elem. school 4.4 53.0 61.6 34.0 123.1 1 2010 Fagus grandifolia Beech - American Lullwater Conservation Park 12.4 149.0 121.7 110.0 298.2 1 2014 Fagus grandifolia Beech - American 799 Clifton Rd NE, Atlanta, GA 30307 - private property, front yard 13.0 156.0 102.9 111.0 286.7 1 2014 Fagus grandifolia Beech - American private property, Beech Valley Rd, Atlanta, GA 12.1 145.0 121.0 80.0 286.0 2012 Fagus grandifolia Beech - American Emory University 11.3 136.0 126.9 80.0 282.9 2 2011 Fagus grandifolia Beech - American 860 Barnett St, Atlanta, GA 14.5 173.5 85.6 94.0 282.6 2 2014 Fagus grandifolia Beech - American private property, Beech Valley Rd, Atlanta, GA 11.8 142.0 116.0 80.0 278.0 3 2010 Fagus grandifolia Beech - American Decatur Cemetery 10.5 126.0 122.0 99.0 272.8 3 2014 Fagus grandifolia Beech - American 468 Florida Ave, Atlanta, GA 12.1 145.6 76.6 80.5 242.3 2011 Fagus grandifolia Beech - American Oglethorpe University 12.7 152.5 59.4 91.0 234.7 1 2009 Franklinia altamaha Franklinia Atlanta History Center, Quarry Garden, Atlanta, GA 30305 1.3 15.0 35.0 12.0 53.0 1 2010 Fraxinus americana Ash - White Louise G.