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100 Trees with the Largest Trunks
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Scientific Name |
Common Name |
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Town |
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Salix × sepulcralis nothovar. chrysocoma
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Golden Weeping Willow
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372
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Suffield
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Ulmus americana
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American Elm
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366
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Redding
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Quercus velutina
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Black Oak
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355
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East Granby
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Fagus sylvatica
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European Beech
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350
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Pomfret
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Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore
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340
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Simsbury
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Acer saccharinum
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Silver Maple
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328
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South Windsor
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Salix × blanda
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Wisconsin Weeping Willow
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314
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Suffield
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Quercus alba
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White Oak
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298
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West Hartford
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Fagus sylvatica
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European Beech
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298
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Branford
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Salix × blanda
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Wisconsin Weeping Willow
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297
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Mansfield
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Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore
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296
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New Milford
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Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore
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287
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Portland
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Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore
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285
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Bethel
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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285
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Chaplin
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Juglans × bixbyi
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Buart
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283
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East Windsor
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Acer saccharinum
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Silver Maple
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283
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East Windsor
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Quercus alba
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White Oak
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281
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Sharon
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Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore
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281
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Vernon
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Populus deltoides
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Eastern Cottonwood
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279
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Canaan
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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277
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Wallingford
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Fagus sylvatica
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European Beech
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276
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East Lyme
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Acer rubrum
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Red Maple
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276
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Guilford
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Catalpa speciosa
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Northern Catalpa
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272
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Fairfield
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Fagus sylvatica
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European Beech
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271
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Pomfret
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Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea'
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Copper European Beech
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269
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Litchfield
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Fraxinus americana
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White Ash
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266
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Coventry
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Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea'
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Copper European Beech
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266
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Farmington
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Fagus sylvatica
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European Beech
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265
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Old Lyme
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Juglans × bixbyi
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Buart
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265
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Chester
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Acer saccharinum
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Silver Maple
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264
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Clinton
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Acer saccharinum
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Silver Maple
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263
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Hartford
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Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore
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259
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Southbury
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Fagus sylvatica
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European Beech
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259
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Manchester
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Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea'
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Copper European Beech
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258
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Fairfield
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Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore
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257
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Suffield
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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255
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South Windsor
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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255
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Middletown
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Platanus × acerifolia
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London Plane
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255
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Greenwich
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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254
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Marlborough
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Acer saccharinum
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Silver Maple
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254
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Farmington
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Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore
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253
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Bethel
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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253
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Darien
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Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea'
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Copper European Beech
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252
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Westport
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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252
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Glastonbury
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Fagus sylvatica
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European Beech
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252
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New London
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Fagus sylvatica
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European Beech
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250
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Old Saybrook
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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250
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Orange
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Quercus alba
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White Oak
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250
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Glastonbury
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Salix × fragilis
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Crack Willow
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250
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Litchfield
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Acer saccharinum
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Silver Maple
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250
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South Windsor
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Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore
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249
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Simsbury
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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248
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Oxford
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Quercus alba
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White Oak
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248
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Newtown
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Zelkova serrata
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Japanese Zelkova
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248
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Greenwich
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Ginkgo biloba
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Ginkgo
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247
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Hartford
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Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea'
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Copper European Beech
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247
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Bridgeport
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Quercus alba
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White Oak
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246
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Granby
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Tilia americana
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American Basswood
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246
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Greenwich
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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246
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Suffield
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Acer saccharum
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Sugar Maple
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246
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Westport
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Prunus serotina
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Black Cherry
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246
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Westport
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Cladrastis kentukea
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Yellowwood
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244
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Greenwich
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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244
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Hartford
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Fraxinus americana
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White Ash
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244
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Pomfret
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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244
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Orange
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Fagus sylvatica
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European Beech
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244
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Stonington
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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243
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Danbury
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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243
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Tolland
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Quercus alba
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White Oak
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242
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Colchester
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Fagus sylvatica
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European Beech
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242
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Darien
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Acer saccharinum
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Silver Maple
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242
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Hartford
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Populus deltoides
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Eastern Cottonwood
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240
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East Windsor
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Fraxinus americana
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White Ash
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240
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Colchester
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Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore
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240
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Southbury
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Salix × sepulcralis
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Weeping Willow
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239
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Cornwall
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Acer saccharinum
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Silver Maple
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239
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Clinton
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Quercus alba
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White Oak
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238
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Brookfield
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Populus deltoides
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Eastern Cottonwood
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238
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Windsor
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Catalpa speciosa
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Northern Catalpa
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238
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Granby
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Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore
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238
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Simsbury
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Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore
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238
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Woodbury
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Acer saccharum
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Sugar Maple
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237
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Southington
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Acer saccharinum
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Silver Maple
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237
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Clinton
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Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea'
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Copper European Beech
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236
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Washington
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Quercus bicolor
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Swamp White Oak
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236
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East Granby
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Acer saccharinum
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Silver Maple
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236
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Essex
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Populus deltoides
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Eastern Cottonwood
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236
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Hartford
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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236
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Essex
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Quercus rubra
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Red Oak
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236
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Bethlehem
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Acer saccharum
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Sugar Maple
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236
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Hartford
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Fagus sylvatica
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European Beech
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235
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New London
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Quercus alba
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White Oak
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235
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Bristol
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Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea'
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Copper European Beech
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235
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Litchfield
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Quercus alba
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White Oak
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235
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Litchfield
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Morus alba
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White Mulberry
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234
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Ashford
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Quercus macrocarpa
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Bur Oak
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234
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Hartford
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Platanus occidentalis
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Sycamore
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234
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Granby
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Liriodendron tulipifera
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Tulip Tree
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234
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Waterbury
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Quercus alba
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White Oak
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234
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Washington
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Fraxinus americana
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White Ash
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234
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Bethlehem
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