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"The Ashford Oak" |
| ID: |
3001 |
| Scientific Name: |
Quercus rubra |
| Common Name: |
Red Oak |
| Town: |
Ashford |
| Points: |
416 |
| Circumference: |
333 in |
| Height: |
68 ft |
| Average Spread: |
61.5 ft |
| Coordinates: |
41.84836, -72.20327 |
| Tree Address: |
Giant Oak Lane
Ashford, CT |
| Directions: |
About one mile west of intersection of Routes 44 and 44A. Just north of Route 44 on Giant Oak Lane. |
| Measured by: |
Linke, Glenn Dreyer, Metzler
(Mar 28, 1998) |
| Remarks: |
From Matthies's book: "This oak was awarded the first prize as being the largest tree entered in the 1927 tree contest, having a circumference of thirty-two feet at one foot from the ground, and at four and one half feet, of twenty-one feet. Its horizontal branch spread is one hundred and thirty-five feet and its height, ninety seven feet." |
| Notes: |
This is a tree noted in Matthies' book.
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