"National Champion" Kansas Hawthorn; Morton Arboretum - Lisle, IL - Exceptional Trees on Waymarking.com

This Kansas Hawthorn in the Northern Illinois section of the Morton Arboretum is listed in the University of Illinois Extension's 2008 Big Tree Register as the National Champion.

This tree came to the Morton Arboretum as a seed from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University in 1929.

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To visit this and other waymarks found at the Morton Arboretum, visitors must pay an admission fee at the gate. A larger parking area (P1) is available near the main entrance and visitors can make the short hike around the outside of the Children's Garden. However, there is closer parking area (P2) which is substantially smaller, but it is located only a few feet from the waymark. Parking availability at either location is not guaranteed.

Genus/Species: Crataegus coccinioides Height: 16 Girth: 3 Method of obtaining height: Reliable source Method of obtaining girth: Reliable source Location type: Private property Age: 81 Website reference: [Web Link] Walk time: 3 Historical significance: Not listed Planter: Not listed Parking coordinates: Not Listed Photograpy coordinates: Not Listed

Visit Instructions:
A closeup picture of your GPS receiver in your hand, with the tree in the background, is required. If the tree is on private property, this closeup photograph with the tree in the background may be taken from the nearest public vantage point without actually going to the tree.
The required photograph does not need to show the entire tree, but the individual tree must be recognizable.

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Date Logged Log User Rating   05/19/2012 Go Boilers! visited it