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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
![](/images/spacer.gif) Height: 83
![](/images/spacer.gif) Girth: 17
![](/images/spacer.gif) Method of obtaining height: Reliable source
![](/images/spacer.gif) Method of obtaining girth: Reliable source
![](/images/spacer.gif) Location type: Private property
![](/images/spacer.gif) Website reference: [Web Link]
![](/images/spacer.gif) Parking coordinates: N 42° 19.100 W 072° 38.416
![](/images/spacer.gif) Walk time: 1
![](/images/spacer.gif) Age: Not Listed
![](/images/spacer.gif) Historical significance: Not listed
![](/images/spacer.gif) Planter: Not listed
![](/images/spacer.gif) Photograpy coordinates: Not Listed
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A closeup picture of your GPS receiver in your hand, with the tree in the background, is required. If the tree is on private property, this closeup photograph with the tree in the background may be taken from the nearest public vantage point without actually going to the tree.
The required photograph does not need to show the entire tree, but the individual tree must be recognizable.
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