{"id":29,"date":"2017-10-13T16:18:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T16:18:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/trees\/?page_id=29"},"modified":"2024 五一茶馆儿-04-30T19:49:00","modified_gmt":"2024 五一茶馆儿-04-30T19:49:00","slug":"big","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/trees\/big\/","title":{"rendered":"Big trees in the Vanderbilt Arboretum"},"content":{"rendered":"

What’s a big tree?<\/strong>
\nWhat does it mean to be a “big” tree? The\u00a0National Register of Big Trees<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Tennessee Champion Trees<\/a>\u00a0list use a point system based on three charactistics that make a tree “big”: the circumference in inches + the height in feet + 1\/4 the average crown spread in feet.<\/p>\n

The biggest trees<\/strong>
\nBased on this kind of “score”, the library’s willow oak (2-1030) has a slight edge in the contest for largest tree on campus. However, the margin of error in measurement is great enough that there is essentially a tie.<\/p>\n