12. Willamette Mission Cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa)
This giant black cottonwood stands near the site of the Willamette Mission established by Reverend Jason Lee in 1834. At that time, the Mission and tree were located on the banks of the Willamette River. The great flood of 1861 changed the river course to its present channel, leaving what is now Mission Lake. The Willamette Mission Cottonwood is the largest of its kind in Oregon and the nation.
The tree is located in Willamette Mission State Park on Wheatland Ferry Road.
Height: 155'
Circumference: 26' 3"
Crown Spread: 110'
Approximate Age: 265 years
Dedicated: April 13, 2001

13. Benedictine Sisters' Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
This giant sequoia was found as a seedling tree along the railroad tracks by Sister Protasia Schindler in 1893. She planted it in front of the Queen of Angels Monastery to give some life to the grounds. Grown tall, it has become a recognized Mt. Angel's landmark.
The Benedictine Sisters of Mt. Angels were established in Oregon by a small group of Sisters from Switzerland. In 1887, construction was started on the Monastery. This majestic Sequoia has been a living witness to most of the monastery's long history and now presides over grounds populated by hundreds of other trees.
This tree is located just a few feet from the front door of the Benedictine Sisters' monastery in Mount Angel.
Height: 129'
Circumference: 27' 4"
Crown Spread: 31' 10"
Age: 111 years
Dedicated: June 1, 2004

14. Signature Oak (Quercus garryana)
The Signature Oak at The Oregon Garden is the oldest and largest tree in a grove of Oregon white oaks that predates settlement of the Willamette Valley by European immigrants and their descendents. The latest native inhabitants of the region were the Santiam group of the Kalapuyan tribe. Native people in the region depended on oak groves as a source of acorns, camas and dear, important staples in their diet.
Since European settlement, the Signature Oak has been in the possession of a number of different owners. All were farmers of one sort or another.
Probably the greatest significance of the tree is ecological. It is a symbol of the lasting importance of the Oregon white oak to the ecology and culture of the Willamette Valley.
The Signature Oak is located in the Oregon Garden, 875 W. Main Street, Silverton, Oregon. It is situated in the southwestern portion of the developed garden. There is an admission charge to the Oregon Garden.
Height: 99' 6"
Circumference: 22' 3"
Average Crown Spread: 125'
Approximate Age: 400 years
Dedicated: April 3, 2002

15. Waldo Park Tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
Judge William Waldo, the son of an 1842 pioneer, planted this sequoia in 1872. Waldo made efforts during his lifetime to preserve the tree and over time others have saved it from the encroaching street system. In 1936 the Salem City Council declared the site, a twelve by twenty foot plot of land, a City Park. It is located at 605 Summer Street NE (at the corner of Summer and Union Streets) in Salem, Oregon.
Approximate Height: 85'
Circumference: 22'
Approximate Age: 126 years
Dedicated: April 8, 1998

16. Moon Tree (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
This Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir was raised from a seed carried to the moon by Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa in 1971.
Although Roosa was a native of Oklahoma, he was no stranger to Oregon. While in college, he worked summers here as a smoke jumper and as a surveyor. Roosa trained to be an astronaut in Eastern Oregon and later returned to hunt Elk and Duck. After his historic flight, Roosa expressed his strong ties with Oregon by choosing to have his official homecoming parade in Coos Bay.
Stuart Roosa brought more than 400 seeds to the moon with him in his personal kit. Most of the seeds successfully germinated and, after some nursery time, were distributed to many states, and several foreign countries, to celebrate the bicentennial.
Our Moon Tree was planted by Governor Bob Straub, on Arbor Day, April 30, 1976. The tree's original seed came from Corvallis.
The Moon Tree is located in Salem Oregon, near Court Street, in Willson Park to the West of the Capitol building.
Height: 63 '
Circumference: 19"
Age: 31 years
Dedicated: April 11, 2003

17. Star Trees of Willamette University (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
Presented by the class of 1942 to Willamette University on its 100th anniversary, these five giant Sequoias include the tallest of its kind on any college or university campus in the country.
Founded by Jason Lee in 1842, Willamette University is recognized as the oldest university in the west. Since 1997, the campus annually decorates the five trees with Holiday lights from mid-December to January. The tree-lighting ceremony includes music from several Willamette University choirs and music ensembles.
Looking up from the midst of these symmetrical and evenly spaced trees, the sky is framed as a perfectly shaped five-pointed star.
The Star Trees are located between Willamette University's Waller Hall and State Street (across from the capitol), in Salem, Oregon.
Height: 154'
Circumference: 21'8"
Age: 61 years
Dedicated: April 11, 2003

18. Hager Grove Pear Tree (Pyrus communis)
This pear tree is one of the oldest and largest in Oregon. It is the lone survivor of an orchard planted by the Munkre family, later known as Hager's Grove. Benjamin Franklin Munkre brought his family to Oregon from Missouri in the middle 1800's. The orchard bordered a once popular creekside camping and playground area. It now stands at the crossroads of Interstate 5 and Highway 22 in Salem.
Approximate Height: 65'
Circumference: 9'
Approximate Age: over 150 years
Dedicated: April 11, 1997

19. Owen Cherry Tree (Prunus avium cv. 'Black Tartarian' or 'Republican')
Folk belief is that this tree was planted in 1847 by Eugene Skinner, co-founder of the City of Eugene in 1853. The tree is within the boundaries of Skinner's 1850 Donation Land Claim. The General Land Office Survey of 1853 puts a cultivated area very close to this tree. It is known that Skinner had an orchard of fruit (peach and almond) trees in 1860, and since the cultivar cannot be determined, most likely this tree was planted between 1860 and 1870. By 1950 the site of the tree was owned by George Owen, a former Eugene City Councilor, lumberman, and philanthropist. Mr. Owen donated the site to the city for use as a rose garden. The tree can be found in the Owen Rose Garden, Eugene.
Height: 49'
Circumference: 18" 3"
Average Crown Spread: 80'
Approximate Age: 135 years
Dedicated: April 6, 1999

20. Hinds Walnut Tree (Juglans hindsii)
This tree is notable for its size, age and that it is not native to Oregon. Its location was a probable Indian camping and fishing ground where migrating salmon were abundant and accessible. It predates the arrival of settlers and may have sprouted from a cast-off nut.
It is located 12 miles northwest of present day Sutherlin, OR on State Highway 138 (milepost 12.36) adjacent to the southwest corner of Yellow Creek bridge.
Height: 103'
Circumference: 20'
Crown Spread: 110'
Approximate Age: 250+ years
Dedicated: April 11, 1997

24. Britt Sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
On March 22, 1862, the day of his son Emil's birth, Peter Britt planted this Giant Sequoia by his home. Britt was a pioneer photographer, skilled horticulturist, and leader in Southern Oregon's lucrative fruit industry. From its vantage point, this majestic tree has witnessed the unfolding of Jacksonville's rich history-the gold rush prosperity of the mid 1800s, the decline at the turn of the century and the current restoration and revitalization. It is located in the historic Peter Britt Gardens, First Street, Jacksonville, Oregon.
Height: 205'
Circumference: 18'
Approximate Age: 135 years
Dedicated: April 6, 1998

25. Lonesome Hickory (Carya ovata)
Mary Louisa Black planted this shagbark hickory near her home in 1866 from nuts she carried from Missouri on the Oregon Trail in 1865. Of the nuts she planted, two grew into trees, This tree is the lone survivor of snow, summer heat and Rogue River flooding and the only shagbark hickory in the area. It is located in Jackson County, one mile south of Shady Cove, Oregon next to Highway 62.
Approximate Height: 18'
Circumference: 4'
Age: 131 years
Dedicated: April 6, 1998

26. Waldo Tree at Island Lake (Tsuga mertensiana)
On September 13, 1888, after traveling two months along the spine of the Cascade Range, Judge John B. Waldo, Oregon's foremost nineteenth-century conservationist, and his companions rested at Island Lake and carved their names into the mountain hemlock near the southeast shore of the lake. This trip provided first-hand information for Waldo to use in his lobbying efforts to support legislation designating the 4.5 million-acre Cascade Forest Reserve in 1893. That reserve is now represented by the Mt. Hood, Deschutes, Willamette, Umpqua, Winema, and Rogue River national forests. The Waldo Tree is the only known tangible evidence of Waldo's 1888 trip, a journey that is significant in the forest conservation history of Oregon and the entire Pacific Northwest. The tree stands in the Sky Lakes Wilderness, Rogue River National Forest, approximately 200' north of Forest Service trail 982, about 0.5 mile west of the trail's junction with the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail.
Circumference: 8' 4"
Approximate Age: 200 years
Dedicated: April 7, 1999