Exceptional Trees: Eastern Native Trees over 50 Meters (164 feet) Tall
White pine Pinus strobus (43 trees in seven states)
185.5c 11 5.0 N.C.
Boogerman Pine. Near eastern end
Boogerman Loop Trail (off Caldwell Creek Trail),
Palmer Branch, Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
Haywood Co.
Blozan et al 3/29/02
182.7
7 10.0d N.C. Dales Demise, Cataloochee Creek,
Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Blozan & Davie 7/26/02, Blozan 6/23/03
181.6
10 6.0 N.C.
Sag Branch, Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains National Park,
Haywood Co. Blozan before 12/11/99
180.9c 11 1.5 Pa.
Longfellow Pine. Longfellow Trail,
Forest Cathedral Natural Area,
Cook Forest State Park, Clarion Co. (181.3a Luthringer &
Schaffner 3/7/02) Blozan &
Busch 4/20/02
178.7
11 4.0 Ga.
Riddle Pine. Laurel Creek,
Chattahoochee National Forest, Rabun Co.
Blozan
176.3
9 6.0 N.C.
Bennett Branch (between Big Cr. & Cataloochee Cr.), GSMNP, Haywood
Co. Blozan 7/13/03
176.0
9 9.5 Ga.
Laurel Creek, Chattahoochee National Forest, Rabun Co. Blozan &
Leverett before 12/11/99
175.9 N/A N.C. Cataloochee Creek, Cataloochee Valley,
Great Smoky Mountains NP, Haywood Co. Blozan 11/4/02
x175.0 10
8.5 Tenn. Rabbit Creek Trail, near Scott Gap, GSMNP,
Blount Co. (before crown
breakage) Blozan 9/8/96
176.5
8 11.0 N.C. Cataloochee Creek (lower part, west
side), Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP, Haywood Co. Davie 7/12/03
174.7
12 1.0 N.C.
Mountain Mama, Pine Flats Grove, Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP, Haywood
Co. Blozan
& Diethelm 11/24/02
174.6
11 3.0 N.C. Steep slope near power line cut, Hoglen
Branch (tributary of Winding Stairs Branch),
Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan
1/11/03
173.4 N/A N.C. Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, Haywood Co. Blozan & Davie
6/10/02
172.3 N/A N.C. Cataloochee Creek, Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains NP,
Haywood Co. Blozan 11/4/02
172.0
12 6.0 Pa.
Seneca Pine. Between Longfellow, D & Rhododendron Trails,
Cook Forest State Park,
Clarion Co.
Van Pelt (b); Blozan &
Leverett Jul 1997
171.5
11 0 N.C. Hoglen
Honker, steep slope, West Prong Hoglen Branch, (tributary of Winding Stairs
Branch),
Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Blozan 1/11/03
171.2
11 1.0 Pa.
Feather Duster Pine. Between Longfellow, D & G Trails,
Cook Forest State Park, Clarion Co. (170.1
Luthringer 1/28/02) Leverett
& Jost 4/20/02
171.2
10 1.0 Pa.
Jani Pine. (Tornado Pine) Seneca/Mohawk Old Growth Area, Cook Forest
SP, Clarion Co. Luthringer
before 9/19/03
170.9
11 1.0 N.C.
Wishbone Pine, steep slope, West Prong Hoglen Branch (tributary of
Winding Stairs Branch),
Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Blozan 1/11/03
170.7
11 11.5 Pa. Forest Cathedral Natural Area, Cook
Forest State Park, Clarion Co.
Luthringer 2/6/03
169.7
11 11.0 Pa. Van Pelt Pine, Forest Cathedral
Natural Area, Cook Forest State Park, Clarion Co.
(168.6 Luthringer & Schaffner 3/5/02)
Luthringer
1/24/03
169.6 N/A N.C. Pine Flats Grove, Cataloochee Valley,
GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan &
Diethelm 11/24/02
169.1
7 7.0 N.C.
Cataloochee Creek (lower part, west side), Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP,
Haywood Co. Davie 7/12/03
168.9
9 7.5 S.C.
East Fork Chatooga River, Ellicott Rock Wilderness, near Walhalla State
Fish Hatchery,
Andrew Pickens Ranger District,
Sumter National Forest, Oconee Co.
Blozan 12/30/95
168.0 N/A N.C. Cullasaja Gorge, Nantahala National Forest,
Macon Co.
Leverett
168.0 N/A N.C. Linville Gorge Wilderness, Pisgah
National Forest, Burke Co. Blozan & Leverett
167.9
9 5.0 Pa.
Seneca/Mohawk Old Growth Area, Cook Forest SP, Clarion Co.
Luthringer 7/26/03
167.0
10 0 Wisc. Menomonee
Indian Reservation,
Frelich 11/5/01
166.9
11 1.0 N.C.
Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan
9/14/03
166.9
9 5.0 Pa.
Forest Cathedral Natural Area, Cook Forest State Park, Clarion Co.
Luthringer before 5/4/02
166.6 N/A N.C. Pine Flats Grove, Cataloochee Valley,
GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan &
Diethelm 11/24/02
166.5 N/A N.C. Pine Flats Grove, Cataloochee Valley,
GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan &
Diethelm 11/24/02
166.3
9 1.0 Pa.
Forest Cathedral Natural Area, Cook Forest State Park, Clarion Co. Luthringer before 5/4/02
166.1
8 6.0 Pa.
Forest Cathedral Natural Area, Cook Forest State Park, Clarion Co.
Luthringer before 5/4/02
166.1
8 2.5 N.H.
Private estate, Claremont,
Sullivan Co.
Leverett, Knuerr & Frost 11/24/02
166.0
10 0d S.C.
East Fork Chatooga River, Ellicott Rock Wilderness, near Walhalla State
Fish Hatchery,
Andrew Pickens Ranger District, Sumter National Forest, Oconee Co. Blozan
11/6/01
165.9
10 6.0 Pa.
Forest Cathedral Natural Area, Cook Forest State Park, Clarion Co.
Luthringer before 5/4/02
165.9
9 6.0 Pa.
Forest Cathedral Natural Area, Cook Forest State Park, Clarion Co. Luthringer before 5/4/02
165.7
8 0 Pa. Forest
Cathedral Natural Area, Cook Forest State Park, Clarion Co.
Luthringer before 5/4/02
165.2
8 11.0 Pa.
Forest Cathedral Natural Area, Cook Forest State Park, Clarion Co.
Luthringer before 5/4/02
164.7
10 2.5 Pa.
Forest Cathedral Natural Area, Cook Forest State Park, Clarion Co.
Luthringer before 5/4/02
164.2
9 7.0 Pa.
Forest Cathedral Natural Area, Cook Forest State Park, Clarion Co.
Luthringer before 5/4/02
164.1
8 8.5 Pa.
Forest Cathedral Natural Area, Cook Forest State Park, Clarion Co.
Luthringer before 5/4/02
Tuliptree Liriodendron tulipifera (38 trees in three states)
177.4 11 0 N.C. Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, GSMNP, Haywood Co. (177.2 Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03) Blozan 8/16/03
176.8 8 4.0 N.C. Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
176.7 8 1.0d N.C. Baxter Creek, GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan & Leverett 4/24/03
175.5
20 6.0 N.C.
Left Fork, Deep Creek, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Swain
Co.
Blozan before Aug 1999
174.8
10 3.0 N.C.
Bettis Branch, GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
174.6 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, Haywood Co. Blozan &
Davie 6/23/02
174.3
10 3.0 N.C.
Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Blozan 8/16/03
174.2 N/A
N.C. Baxter Creek, GSMNP,
Haywood Co.
Blozan & Jost 12/7/02
173.5
14 3.0 N.C. Jim Branch (west
side), Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan
3/23/03
173.3
12 4.0 N.C.
Jim Branch (west side), Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan
3/23/03
173.3
10 3.0 N.C.
Jim Branch (west side), Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Blozan 3/23/03
173.1
11 7.0 Tenn.
Little Laurel Creek, Greenbrier District, Great Smoky Mountains NP, Sevier
Co. Blozan 1/14/02
173.1 7 3.0 N.C.
Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
172.9 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, Haywood Co. Blozan &
Davie 6/23/02
172.8
11 2.0 N.C.
Jim Branch (west side), Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Blozan 3/23/03
172.4 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, Haywood Co. Blozan & Leverett before
Jan 1999
172.1 8 5.0 N.C.
Deep rocky cove, Mouse Creek (upper portion), Big Cr. watershed, GSMNP,
Haywood Co. Blozan
& Riddle 5/24/03
172.1 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, GSMNP,
Haywood Co.
Blozan & Jost 12/7/02
171.8 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, Haywood Co. Blozan &
Davie 6/23/02
171.7
19 5.0 N.C.
Dude Branch, Cataloochee District, GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Davie 11/23/03
171.2
11 0d N.C.
Half Acre Ridge, Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains NP, Haywood
Co.
Blozan 1/14/02
170.5
10 0 N.C. Mouse Creek
(tributary of Big Creek), GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan
& Riddle 5/24/03
170.2 7 9.0 N.C.
Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
170.0 N/A N.C. Baxter Creek, Great Smoky Mountains
National Park, Haywood Co. Blozan &
Davie 6/23/02
169.6
14 1.5 Tenn.
Boulevard Prong, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevier Co.
Blozan 9/13/96
169.1 N/A S.C. Southeast-facing cove, Tamassee Knob,
Station Mountain, Sumter NF, Oconee Co. J.Riddle 11/10/01
168.9
10 7.0 N.C.
Jim Branch watershed, Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains NP,
Haywood Co.
Blozan & Davie 7/26/02
168.8
7 2.0 N.C.
Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Blozan 8/16/03
168.7
14 4.0 N.C.
Low flats, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
167.8
8 1.0 N.C.
Bettis Branch, GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
167.6
22 5.0 N.C.
Sag Branch, Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan before 11/20/02
166.8
9 1.0 N.C.
Upper prong of southwest fork, Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District,
GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Blozan & Coyle 11/12/03
166.3
9 8.0 N.C.
Bettis Branch, GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
166.1
12 5.0 N.C.
Baxter Creek, Cataloochee District, GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan
8/16/03
164.8
9 8.0 N.C.
Big Creek (north side), Cataloochee District, GSMNP, Haywood Co. Blozan & Coyle 1/17/04
164.8
7 4.0 S.C.
Station Cove, Station Mtn., Andrew Pickens Ranger District, Sumter NF,
Oconee Co. J. Riddle 11/9/02
164.4
11 6.0 N.C.
Bettis Branch, GSMNP, Haywood Co.
Blozan, Coyle & Busch 1/3/04
164.3
9 2.0 S.C.
Tamassee Knob, Station Mtn., Andrew Pickens Ranger District, Sumter NF,
Oconee Co.
J.Riddle 11/2/01
Eastern
hemlock Tsuga canadensis (five trees in three states)
168.9
10 11.0 S.C. East Fork Chatooga River, Ellicott Rock Wilderness,
1.5 mi. west of Walhalla
State Fish Hatchery, Andrew Pickens Ranger District, Sumter National
Forest, Oconee Co.
Blozan & Davie 12/3/01
167.8c 10 8.0 S.C.
East Fork Spire. East Fork Chatooga River, Ellicott Rock Wilderness,
1.5 mi. west
of Walhalla State Fish Hatchery, Andrew Pickens Ranger District, Sumter
NF, Oconee Co. Blozan
& Davie 12/3/01
167.0c 12 8.0 N.C.
Jim Branch Giant, Jim Branch (west side), Cataloochee Valley, GSMNP,
Haywood Co. Blozan 3/29/03
166.1
12 4.5 N.C.
Caldwell Fork Trail, Cataloochee Valley, Great Smoky Mountains NP,
Haywood Co. Blozan 9/3/96
164.7 16 10.0 Tenn. Ramsay branch, south slope Greenbrier Pinnacle, Great Smoky Mountains NP, Sevier Co. Blozan 7/22/96
Loblolly
pine Pinus taeda (two trees in one state)
167.2 N/A S.C. Congaree Swamp National Monument, Congaree
River, Richland Co. Blozan
Jan-Feb 2000
166.6c 15 6.0 S.C.
Congaree Swamp National Monument, Congaree River, Richland Co.
(1/4 mi. from 167.2 tree)
D&J Riddle, Blozan 1997 (nc)
List
compiled and maintained by Colby B. Rucker, with corrections to January 2004.
c tree climbed; drop-line
measurement
d tentative measurement
(nc)
national champion, American Forests point system