Maryland's Trees Stand Tall

Conservation Group Adds 6 to State's List of Champions

Maryland might be one of the smallest states geographically, but it has some of the nation's largest trees.

American Forests, a national conservation organization, has added six trees to Maryland's register of champions, bringing the state total of mega-trees to 18.

The newest honorees:

· an American elm in Baltimore County that is 136 feet tall and has a 246-inch circumference;

· a bigleaf magnolia in Howard County, which is 55 feet tall and has a 53-foot crown;

· an Atlantic white cedar with a 127-inch trunk circumference, in Harford County's Bel Air community;

· a black haw in Silver Spring that, at 26 feet, is a co-champion with a Virginia tree;