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Texas adds new state and national big tree champions
The Texas Big Tree Registry reports 147 state and national champions, led by a Rio Grande Cottonwood in Jeff Davis County owned by K. E. Sproul. New champions include mescalbean known as Texas mountain laurel in Bee County, a jujube in Bee County, and Bigelow oak in Austin, with several replacements after deaths.
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Arlington
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Onofre G. Hojas
Beeville
Austin
David Barrow
Leon County
Carolina
Harris
Polk
Tyler
Jasper
Sabine
Dallas
Wilbarger
Bowie
Houston
Smith
Hardin
Presidio County
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Camp County
Red River
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Tyler County
Liberty County
Texas Forest Service
Texas A&m University System
College Station
Forest Service
American Foresty Association
Washington, D.C
Nature
Graybeard
Jasper County
Hardin County
Delbert Ray Leahy
Silsbee
Syria