Circumference
= 122 inches
Height = 113 feet
Crown Spread = 55 feet
Score = 248.75
Comments = Growing within a slight gully along
with several other large diameter trees (including a few other flat topped
longleaf). Canopy branches with two large forks. Part of the canopy was
broken out in a 1993 snowstorm.
Landowner says that tree produces cones the size of footballs. Lightning
has recently killed several large trees in the area around this tree.
Location: Butler County, AL-- Take Highway 10 East
out of Greenville towards Luverne. The tree is approximately 2 miles outside
of city limits of Greenville on left hand side of road near a yellow house.
Nominator;
Paul Hudgins
Date = 1998
Owners; Michael and Joe Heath (pictured at right)
Big Tree Coordinator: Ms. Tilda Mims, Alabama Forestry Commission; (205) 339-0929 Alabama Big Tree Program
Any comments on this tree contact lngleaf@auburn.edu
Photos John McGuire, The Longleaf Alliance