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A True Champion

Record #:
7142
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Abstract:
A thirty-one-foot dogwood tree, discovered in 1995 in Sampson County by A.J. Bullard of Mount Olive, has been declared the nation's tallest by the National Register of Big Trees. The dogwood has a crown spread of forty-eight feet. The tree stands in Sampson County's Matthis Cemetery, which dates back to the Civil War.
Source:
Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 72 Issue 11, Apr 2005, p156-157, il