California Big Trees
85 feet tall, 75 foot canopy
162 inches in girth
266 Points
Debbie King, 2015 - Red Bluff, Tehema County
Salix laevigata
RED WILLOW
National Champion
56 feet tall, 39 foot canopy
66 inches in girth
132 Points
Al Keuter, 2012 - Quail Hollow Ranch County Park
Salix lasiandra
PACIFIC WILLOW
National Champion
Co-Champion
65 feet tall, 62 foot canopy
152 inches in girth
233 Points
H. Cooley, 2006 - Hayward
Salix lasiandra
PACIFIC WILLOW
National Champion
Co-Champion
54 feet tall, 84 foot canopy
171 inches in girth
246 Points
A. Cowley, 1999 - Taft
Salix lasiolepis
ARROYO WILLOW
National Champion
41 feet tall, 49 foot canopy
89 inches in girth
142 Points
30 feet tall, 38 foot canopy
136 inches in girth
176 Points
Schinus molle
PERUVIAN PEPPER TREE
National Champion
57 feet tall, 72 foot canopy
367 inches in girth
442 Points
R. Wheeler, 1969 - San Juan Capistrano
Sequoia sempervirens
COAST REDWOOD
National Champion
321 feet tall, 80 foot canopy
950 inches in girth
1291 Points
R. Hildebrant, M. Taylor, S. Sillett, 1998 - Jedediah Smith State Park
Sequoiadendron giganteum
GIANT SEQUOIA
National Champion
Co-Champion
261 feet tall, 106 foot canopy
1024 inches in girth
1312 Points
Isabelle F. Story, 2000 - Sequoia National Park
71 feet tall, 62 foot canopy
187 inches in girth
274 Points
Ken Knight, 2016 - Rancho La Patera and Stow House
102 feet tall, 40 foot canopy
133 inches in girth
245 Points
A. Cowley, 2002 - Capital Parkway #173
73 feet tall, 78 foot canopy
239 inches in girth
331 Points
Michelle Matthews, Oscar J. Sanchez, 2017 - Kuruvungna Springs
152 feet tall, 75 foot canopy
366 inches in girth
537 Points
Michael Edward Kauffmann, 2019 - Arcata Community Forest - Jacoby Creek
72 feet tall, 52 foot canopy
106 inches in girth
191 Points
G. Brittner, 1994 - Sacramento
55 feet tall, 113 foot canopy
197 inches in girth
280 Points
Randy Baldwin, Ken Knight and Mark Wilson, 2017 - Goleta
Torreya californica
CALIFORNIA NUTMEG
National Champion
105 feet tall, 60 foot canopy
133 inches in girth
253 Points
Culver Family, 2013 - Big Basin State Park
Tsuga heterophylla
WESTERN HEMLOCK
National Champion
Co-Champion
272 feet tall, 40 foot canopy
238 inches in girth
520 Points
M.D. Vaden, 2011 - Northern California
113 feet tall, 44 foot canopy
277 inches in girth
401 Points
89 feet tall, 68 foot canopy
173 inches in girth
279 Points
Richard Gessner, 2015 - San Jose, CA
108 feet tall, 119 foot canopy
536 inches in girth
674 Points
A. Cowley, 2004 - Mendocino County
Vachellia xanthophloea
FEVER TREE
National Champion
59 feet tall, 35 foot canopy
138 inches in girth
205 Points
Stephanie Shigematsu, 2014 - San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Thorntree Patio
Washingtonia filifera
CALIFORNIA FAN PALM
National Champion
Co-Champion
85 feet tall, 19 foot canopy
119 inches in girth
209 Points
Robert Van Pelt and Arthur Lee Jacobson, 1997 - Sacramento Capitol Grounds
Washingtonia filifera
CALIFORNIA FAN PALM
National Champion
Co-Champion
67 feet tall, 18 foot canopy
141 inches in girth
212 Points
Robert Van Pelt and Arthur Lee Jacobson, 1997 - Capital Park
Yucca brevifolia
JOSHUA TREE
National Champion
Co-Champion
29 feet tall, 24 foot canopy
89 inches in girth
124 Points
Martin Williams, 2015 - Mojave National Preserve
Yucca brevifolia
JOSHUA TREE
National Champion
Co-Champion
38 feet tall, 21 foot canopy
82 inches in girth
125 Points
Martin Williams, 2015 - Mojave National Preserve
Yucca gloriosa
SPANISH DAGGER YUCCA
National Champion
32 feet tall, 38 foot canopy
118 inches in girth
160 Points
A. Cowley, 1998 - Huntington Beach
Yucca schidigera
MOHAVE YUCCA
National Champion
28 feet tall, 6 foot canopy
63 inches in girth
92 Points
Martin Williams, 2015 - Mojave National Preserve
57 feet tall, 37 foot canopy
169 inches in girth
235 Points
Denice Britton and Chad Dykstra, 2017 - Placerville