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Show Wonders Of Nature , . No small wonder is Hit gargantuan dimensions oi the new national champion baldcypress tree which was discovered on Georgia-Pacific timberlands deep in the Mississippi River bottomlands bottom-lands north of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Dwarfing the two Georgia-Pacific foresters (at either side) who found it, its trunk has a girth measuring measur-ing 53 feet. This bottom lands monster stands 83 feet lall and its crown spread covers 85 feet. The new champion earned its official title from the American Forestry Association, which administers the National Register of Big Trees. Tax odium distichum may be the scientific name of this tree-mend ous baldcypress, but being No. 1 is its true claim to fame. |