Capital Gazette

‘Maryland’s Champion Trees’ featured in new film premiering in Westminster

At the base of the largest American elm tree in the country, a film crew of three stood with Anita and Chuck Stapleton. The Stapletons’ property in Lutherville is home to a champion tree, and is one ...
Gothamist

These Prospect Park elm trees stood for about a century until disease struck

Prospect Park Alliance arborist Malcolm Gore counted the rings on a tree stump at the top of a hill in Prospect Park. "I got to 90,” he said. Counting tree rings for age isn’t entirely accurate, Gore ...
The Roanoke Times

A 'sleeping giant': State champion English elm discovered in Buchanan

The largest recorded English elm in Virginia was recently discovered behind the historic Wilson Warehouse in Buchanan — but at 81 feet tall, it wasn’t necessarily hiding. Estimated to be around 125 ...
Observer-Reporter

End of an era: Historic elm tree at Washington church comes down

An American elm tree that predates the Civil War was cut down this week. The tree has stood on the grounds of the First Presbyterian Church 1793 since the first church building was constructed in 1851 ...