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Kentucky Color - Bigggg Tree Now we know the rest of the story: The Big Tree is a proud specimen of the State Tree of Kentucky. Big as it is now, it was even taller eight or 10 years ago, Billy Joe Fudge determines Click on headline for complete essay with photograph(s) AND for the next earlier part of the story, click to Towering Tree: Sign from Heaven, to Paradise - Paradise Lane By Billy Joe Fudge, Retired District Forester Kentucky Division of Forestry The Big Tree has captivated me as I'm sure it has much of the population of North Western Columbia and the Dakota Meyer Highway areas. Well curiosity finally got the best of me so I went on a, find The Big Tree safari. It is a Tulip Poplar (Yellow Poplar) our Kentucky State Tree. It is a really big tree with quite a bit of history from the looks of it. The tree is forked and you can see the Northern fork has broken off probably 8 or 10 years ago and left the crown really slender which adds to its "reaching the sky" aura. It is in a fence row and I was not prepared to wade through the bushes, you know chiggers, ticks, etc. so I did not venture up close enough to measure the trunk but would believe it to be in the three feet in diameter range. Don't hold me to it for I must admit that I was somewhat distracted by some of the sweetest blackberries, I would imagine, that I've encountered since last year about this time. - Billy Joe Fudge This story was posted on 2012-06-18 13:43:54
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