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PHOTO: Oxford County’s new champion big tree, and the newest state champion, is measured. The tree is in Bethel. (Submitted photo)
SOUTH PARIS – Oxford County’s newest Big Tree champion and new Maine state champion is a balsam poplar in Bethel, the Oxford County Soil and Water Conservation District has announced.
The tree, at the home of Scott and Michele Cole, is 105 feet tall, 16.16 feet in circumference, and has a total of 318.6 points.
In all in the latest tree survey, Oxford County lost one state champ and added 10 new trees to the Maine Register of Big Trees, for a total of 17 state champions.
Oxford County now has its first two nominations for the National Registry of Big Trees. The two entries are a Mountain Paper Birch,also located in Bethel, and an Eastern Hophornbeam, planted on Paris Hill in 1812.
To see the new updated 2020 Maine Register of Big Trees, visit maine.gov/dacf/mfs/publications. For a copy of the 2020 Oxford County Registry of Big Trees, contact OCSWCD at oxfordcountyswcd@gmail.com or 207-744-3119.
