This program recognized trees in Westmoreland County that were extremely old, historically significant, much bigger than others of the same type, or growing where the experts say they shouldn’t grow at all.
DBH = diameter at (the tree measurer’s) breast height (about 4-1/2 feet above ground level) Crown = the width of the branches and leaves (branch tip to branch tip) extending from the main trunk
DECIDUOUS TREES
American Beech
Fagus grandifolia
DBH N/A Height 56’ Crown 80’
Derry
Yellow Buckeye
Aesculus flava
DBH 37” Height 70’ Crown 51’
Laughlintown
Castor-Aralia
Kalopanax pictus
DBH 9.5” Height 28’ Crown 24’
Hempfield Township
Eastern Catalpa
Catalpa bignonioides
DBH 57.3” Height 85’ Crown 90’
Greensburg
Mazzard Cherry
Prunus avium
DBH 36.5” Height 88’ Crown 36’
New Alexandria
American Chestnut
Castanea dentata
DBH 9.8” Height 58’ Crown 30’
New Alexandria
ELM
American Elm
Ulmus Americana
DBH 41.7” Height 84’ Crown 85’
Laughlintown
Camperdown Elm
Ulmus glabra ‘Camperdownii’
DBH 19.3” Height 19’ Crown 26’
Seton Hill University, Greensburg
Chinese (Lacebark) Elm (2)
Ulmus parvifolia
DBH 44.9” Height 82’ Crown 68’
Greensburg
DBH 42” Height 70’ Crown 70’
Latrobe
Ginkgo
Ginkgo biloba
DBH 43” Height 71’ Crown n/a
Mount Pleasant
Hackberry
Celtis occidentalis
DBH 49.4” Height 90’ Crown 90’
Jacobs Creek
Shagbark Hickory
Carya ovata
DBH 33” Height 84’ Crown 54’
Keystone State Park, Derry Township
Eastern Hophornbeam (Ironwood) (2)
Ostrya virginiana
DBH 17.2” Height 39’ Crown 49’
Jeannette
DBH 16.52” Height 65’ Crown 40’
University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg
Little Leaf Linden
Tilia cordata
DBH 38.7” Height 70’ Crown 49’
Jeannette
Honey Locust
Gleditsia triacanthos
DBH 55.5” Height 90’ Crown 78’
Greensburg
MAGNOLIA
Cucumbertree (2)
Magnolia acuminata
DBH multi Height 58’ Crown 62’
New Alexandria
DBH 61” Height n/a Crown n/a
Mount Pleasant
MAPLE
Black Maple
Acer nigra
DBH 43.6” Height 72’ Crown 73’
Unity Township
Box Elder
Acer negundo
DBH 21.2” Height 46’ Crown 49’
Ligonier
Norway Maple
Acer platanoides
DBH 46.7” Height 77’ Crown 86.5’
Jacobs Creek
Silver Maple (2)
Acer saccharinum
DBH 59.5” Height 90’ Crown 89’
Greensburg
DBH 57.8” Height 70’ Crown 94’
Latrobe
OAK
Black Oak
Quercus velutina
DBH 51.3” Height 64’ Crown 68’
Herminie
Overcup Oak
Quercus lyrata
DBH 44” Height 93’ Crown 96.5’
Seton Hill University, Greensburg
Red Oak (4)
Quercus rubra
DBH 78.5” Height 80’ Crown 91’
Manor
DBH 67.3” Height 128’ Crown 90’ Greensburg
DBH 65.3” Height 90’ Crown 90’
Greensburg
DBH 60” Height 96’ Crown 55’
Bolivar
Swamp White Oak
Quercus bicolor
DBH 46” Height 100’ Crown 75’
Latrobe
White Oak (4)
Quercus alba
DBH 55” Height 93’ Crown 93’
Location N/A
DBH 64.6” Height 78’ Crown 86’
Stahlstown
DBH 56.4” Height 77’ Crown 66’
South Huntingdon Township
DBH 51.2” Height 73’ Crown 94.5’
Norvelt
Osage Orange (2)
Maclura pomifera
DBH 42.4” Height 56’ Crown 48’
Greensburg
DBH 37.6” Height 54’ Crown 68’
Cedar Creek Park, Rostraver Township
Common Persimmon (2)
Diospyros virginiana
DBH 15.5” Height 56’ Crown 27’
Laughlintown
DBH 13.5” Height 60’ Crown 22’
Laughlintown
Sycamore
Platanus occidentalis
DBH 64.8” Height 98’ Crown 98.5’
Greensburg
Black Willow
Salix nigra
DBH 36” Height 56’ Crown 72’
Laughlintown
CONIFERS (evergreen and deciduous)
Arborvitae
Thuja occidentalis
DBH 27” Height 55’ Crown 19’
Laughlintown
Northern White Cedar
Thuja occidentalis
DBH 22.5” Height 64’ Crown 20’
Unity Township
Bald Cypress
Taxodium distichum
DBH 32” Height 74’ Crown 36’
Kingston
White Fir
Abies concolor
DBH 24.9” Height 45’ Crown 26’
Unity Township
American Holly
Ilex opaca
DBH 10.2” Height 32’ Crown 22’
Torrance
PINE
Loblolly Pine
Pinus taeda
DBH 13” Height 37’ Crown 29’
Latrobe
Red Pine
Pinus resinosa
DBH 30” Height 70’ Crown 45’
Laughlintown
Table Mountain Pine
Pinus pungens
DBH 15.2” Height 63’ Crown 25’
Keystone State Park, Derry Township
Dawn Redwood (2)
Metasequoia glyptostroboides
DBH 25.5” Height 72’ Crown 33’
Jeannette
DBH 24.5” Height 45’ Crown 26’
Latrobe
Norway Spruce (2)
Picea abies
DBH 31.2” Height 72’ Crown 48’
Bolivar
DBH 37.7” Height 66’ Crown 54’
Laughlintown
