The results are in, and it appears that the popularity of Alabama's Champion Tree program continues to be at a high level. A total of 27 trees were nominated for 2013, and there are 12 new champions! With the addition of these new trees (and eliminating those champions that have died), Alabama now has a total of 143 champion trees. Of the new trees, there were five that defeated a 2012 champion including: pond cypress (Taxodium ascendens), live oak (Quercus virginiana), overcup oak (Quercus lyrata),white oak (Quercus alba), and slash pine (Pinus elliottii). Four of the trees filled vacancies for species that did not have a current champion, including: hazel alder (Alnus serrulata), red buckeye (Aesculus pavia), silver maple (Acer saccharinum), andwinged sumac (Rhus copallina). Three others tied as co-champions with current champions as their total scores are in such close proximity to each other: American beech (Fagus grandifolia), post oak (Quercus stellata), and American plum (Prunus Americana).
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