Massachusetts Champion Ginkgo Biloba - Northampton, MA
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N 42° 19.101 W 072° 38.397
18T E 694481 N 4687820
The Massachusetts Champion Ginkgo Biloba Tree is located on the campus of Smith College in Northampton, MA.
Waymark Code: WMZGRC
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/10/2018
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The campus of Smith College was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and is also a level III accredited arboretum in the Morton Register. (
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Near the Lyman Conservatory, in the middle of the Systematics Garden is the Massachusetts champion Ginkgo biloba, a.k.a. Maidenhair, tree. The tree was last measured on 2/23/2016 and was 82.5' high, has a girth of 200.5 inches (16.7 feet), and a crown spread of 68.6 feet. Based on the scoring system used to rate trees is was awarded 300 points.
A QR code on the sign on the tree leads to the Tree Speak website (
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Genus/Species: Ginkgo biloba
Height: 83
Girth: 17
Method of obtaining height: Reliable source
Method of obtaining girth: Reliable source
Location type: Private property
Website reference: [Web Link]
Parking coordinates: N 42° 19.100 W 072° 38.416
Walk time: 1
Age: Not Listed
Historical significance: Not listed
Planter: Not listed
Photograpy coordinates: Not Listed
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The required photograph does not need to show the entire tree, but the individual tree must be recognizable.
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