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2019 Neighborhood Planting Projects

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2019 Neighborhood Planting Projects

All deadlines for the Planting Projects have been extended!

The Rhode Island Tree Council is pleased to announce The 2019 Neighborhood Planting Programs for the City of Cranston- 5 years planting, The Town of Narragansett and the City of Warwick.

These town have successfully implemented a Set-Back Tree Planting Project.

A set-back planting refers to the practice of planting public trees, for the common good, beyond the public right of way and on private property. Its goal is to plant trees in larger volumes of soil where they have better conditions under which to survive, thrive and achieve their full potential. Also, home-owners are responsible for the full care and removal of the tree after it is installed. This relieves the municipality of the costly burden of the tree’s upkeep and any attendant problems caused by root related sidewalk repairs. It’s a win-win situation for tax-payers.

For more information on Set-Back Tree Planting, contact RITree by email @ ritree@ritree.org

If you are interested in receiving a beautiful new tree please download the forms and email to ritree@ritree.org.

2019 City of Cranston Neighborhood Planting Project Forms

2019 Town of Narragansett Neighborhood Planting Project Forms

2019 City of Warwick Neighborhood Planting Project Forms

Mongolian Oak Champion Tree

Traveling Trees

Written by RITree on . Posted in Article, Champion Tree.

The tree champions come from near and far. Those calling Rhode Island home head the list “RI Natives”. They include the Red and Sugar maple, the Red oak, Tuliptree, and Eastern White pine. They occur naturally in the Ocean State and are among the true RI natives appearing on the list. Those farther afield but claiming their origin within America’s Coastlines belong to the biggest group of species champions “Natives of North America”. The Sequoiadendron giganteum, Giant Redwood, is probably the most fascinating of them.
The Giant Redwood is one of the oldest and largest species on earth. Its natural provenance is the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin of Nevada. The Rhode Island Champ is a lot closer. The Old World Tree can be viewed by the public at Blithewold Mansion and Gardens in Bristol, RI. Lastly, there are the introduced or exotic species (“Introduced to RI”). They hail from the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. One of them, the Mongolian oak, is considered by experts as one of the rarest trees on Earth!

Champion Tree

This very rare Mongolian Oak stands 40’ tall with a crown spread of 97’. Find out more about this spectacular species and others in article below.

The tree champions come from near and far. Those calling Rhode Island home head the list “RI Natives”. They include the Red and Sugar maple, the Red oak, Tuliptree, and Eastern White pine.  They occur naturally in the Ocean State and are among the true RI natives appearing on the list. Those farther afield but claiming their origin within America’s Coastlines belong to the biggest group of species champions “Natives of North America”. The Sequoiadendron giganteum, Giant Redwood, is probably the most fascinating of them. The Giant Redwood is one of the oldest and largest species on earth. Its natural provenance is the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin of Nevada. The Rhode Island Champ is a lot closer.  The Old World Tree can be viewed by the public at Blithewold Mansion and Gardens in Bristol, RI. Lastly, there are the introduced or exotic species (“Introduced to RI”). They hail from the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa. One of them, the Mongolian oak, is considered by experts as one of the rarest trees on Earth!

View the PDF showing each champions place of origin.

Rhode Island has trees from all over the world. See our Native Champions, our North American Champions and our Champions from other continents.

Mongolian Oak Champion Tree

2019 Rhode Island Champion Tree List

Written by RITree on . Posted in Champion Tree.

We are proud to Introduce the New and updated Champion Tree List.

The latest updated list of Rhode Island Champion Trees is now available. This new version shows all 144 species champions through June 30, 2019. Of this total, 138 are genuine dye-in-the-wool species.

They are the purebreds of the collection and responsible for a grand total of 134 species champions (4 species have co-champions). The rest (6 plants) are classified as either species cultivars, varieties, or hybrids. There are also a total of 70 genera (singular: genus) identified in the CTL. The genus is used in the plant world to segregate species by their common traits into major plant groupings. The largest genera on the list, with eleven species each, are the Oaks (Quercus) and the Maples (Acer). Next, with six species each, are the Firs (Abies) and the Pines (Pinus). A quick glance reveals they are the exceptions, however, as most genera have only one or two species. They are presented in alphabetical order by Genus and Species. Included with each tree is information on their location, size measurements and total point score.

View this complete list of spectacular tree champions.

2023 Champion Tree List.pdfDownload