![]() In addition to the bur oak, there is an Eastern red cedar, a black willow and an American chestnut. There are four champion trees in Cleveland County. ![]() The tree, surrounded by other, much smaller, trees, is near Bishop Creek. ![]() Bur oaks can live from 300 to 500 years, he said. Speculation is that it was probably a sizable tree when the Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia in 1776. Kevin Keys, Service Forester of the Forestry Service of the state Department of Agriculture, said he doesn't know for sure how old the tree is. The tree is 79 feet tall, and the crown spread is 125 feet.Ī 3-foot mound of earth and roots from which the the tree emerges give it an even taller appearance. It's tucked in the woods just off the fairway to the south and a little east of the 16th green at the University of Oklahoma's Jimmy Austin Golf Course.įorestry records show that the tree is 226 inches in circumference. NORMAN Thousands of golfers have passed within a few feet of the state's largest bur oak tree and never given it a glance.
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