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West Virginia
champion trees.

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159 listed records159 records with map points65 Library species represented
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The register behind the map

Dates, sources & coverage.

2025 workbooks · highest published scores · retrieved October 7, 2026

Tree programFlowering tree registerConifer register

159 records are included in this imported selection. 159 have approximate map points; 0 remain searchable without a marker. Multiple trees can share one town or county point.

Register editions, retrieval dates, and individual measurement dates describe different things. This snapshot does not confirm current tree condition. Approximate map points do not locate individual trees or establish permission to visit.

How this register was selected and mapped

The WV Division of Forestry’s 2025 Flowering Common and Conifers Common workbooks, retrieved October 7, 2026, contain 533 registered trees. They include runners-up and do not provide a general champion-status field. We retain only the maximum published Big Tree Points in each named tree category. This gives 159 records across 157 categories, including exact-score ties for common serviceberry and pawpaw. These are score-based leaders, not independently certified state-champion designations; no wider co-champion threshold is inferred.

Selection uses common-name categories so botanical spelling errors and annotations do not create extra winners. “Chineese Chestnut” and “Chinese Chestnut” are treated as one category, then excluded because the leading entry pairs Chinese Chestnut with Castanea dentata, the American chestnut name. No runner-up is promoted. Lower-scoring entries are excluded even when they carry an undated national or co-champion annotation. National annotations on retained leaders remain source notes, without asserting a current national title.

Names, measurements, published scores, and last-inspection years are retained with whitespace normalized. Annotations are separated from scientific names into source notes. Nonstandard circumference heights and multi-stem notation remain visible. Scores are not recalculated for selection. The workbook’s “Last Inspection” year is displayed as an inspection date, not as the edition or retrieval date.

All 159 records map to 35 approximate county points from the Census Bureau’s 2025 Gazetteer. Source spellings “Pendelton” and “Pochontas” are matched to Pendleton and Pocahontas, with the original wording recorded. Town names remain visible; the state explains that “near” may mean many miles away. Exact tree positions and visiting permission are not inferred. The separate public-property workbook includes private entries, so its title is not used to classify public access.

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A glimpse of the register

Look up. Look closer.

These are up to four of the highest published heights in this imported selection, when available. Measurements come from different dates; this preview creates no new champion or national titles. Open a record for its status, measurement context, and source notes.

Nicholas County

Tuliptree, Yellow-poplar

Lirodendron tulipifera

Published height
170 ft
Published points
401

Measurement date: 2021

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Greenbrier County

White Pine

Pinus strobus

Published height
141.4 ft
Published points
297

Measurement date: 2020

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Lewis County

Pignut Hickory

Carya glabra

Published height
138 ft
Published points
303

Measurement date: 2025

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Nicholas County

Yellow Buckeye, Sweet Buckeye

Aesculus flava

Published height
130 ft
Published points
357

Measurement date: 2018

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From a record to a relationship

Get to know the trees.

These Library species appear in West Virginia’s imported register. Explore identification, seasonal observations, and a practice beside a tree. Photographs are species references taken elsewhere. Matches use scientific names without regard to capitalization; botanical synonyms remain separate.

A place to begin outdoors

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