Jun 12, 2025 · However, after seven growing seasons in Fairbanks, trees from the most northern homelands of the Dezadeash, Carmacks and Mayo areas of the Yukon are among the tallest, …

Jun 12, 2025 · The Klukwan giant holds the national record for black cottonwood diameter. Its nearest rival, a tree near Salem, Oregon, does hold the national height record. The Klukwan …

May 22, 2025 · Trees with burls seem to be found in a cluster; if one tree in an area has burls, it is likely that other trees around it has them too. This clumping is suggestive of leafhoppers or …

Feb 6, 2008 · The changes in Kenai Peninsula trees might be due to the milder weather the peninsula, along with most of Alaska, has experienced since about 1977, when ocean-surface …

Jun 12, 2025 · Granted, not all trees exhibit the same twist, but the majority of them do. The phenomenon can be likened to the claim that water will always spiral out of a drain in a …

May 25, 2023 · The range of the feltleaf willow, probably the most numerous tree in Alaska. From Alaska Trees and Shrubs by Les Viereck and Elbert L. Little, Jr.

Sep 3, 2020 · While wandering middle Alaska this summer, I noticed orange spruce trees along the entire length of the Denali Highway, from Paxson to Cantwell. In what looked like a …

Aug 16, 2010 · The tallest trees are not always the winners of The Big Tree Challenge; foresters score trees on height, circumference and the spread of a tree’s crown. The black spruce on …

Jun 12, 2025 · Trees along faults often are killed by drowning because the faults tend to collect normal drainage water. In some instances, there are widespread tree kills caused by general …

Jun 12, 2025 · Even larger dead trees have been found. The current U.S. champion is located in northern Minnesota and is 36.9 inches in diameter and 128 feet tall. The largest white spruce …