Champion Big Trees

*The Big Tree/Nature Tour is Offered Year Around*

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Rio Frio Landmark Oak - Past National Champion 'Texas Live Oak'

Scheduled Tours: (You can get in on)

March 12 @ 9am

~Call to Join this Tour or to Reserve Your Own Tour~

~ All Tours Will Be Cancelled if Raining Hard or Flooding in Area ~

Big Tree/Nature Tour Combined is $20.00 per person

3 to 4 Hour Tour with an $80.00 minimum

If you Reserve a Tour that isn't already scheduled there is an $80.00 minimum

We will promote Your Reserved Tour:

If others join same Tour the Minimum fee is split between everyone.

If 4 or more people show up for the Tour it's $20.00 per person

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Past Champion 'Bald Cypress'

New State Champion 'Bald Cypress' & the Largest Tree In Texas!

Our area has Six Past State Champions, Eleven State Champions, Five National Champions, Plus the Largest Tree in Texas; Most of which are on Private Properties.

You can see several of them on the Big Tree Tour with our Guides

Advance Reservations Only

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Call 830-966-2320

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The State & National Champion 'Honey Mesquite'

The following are State or National Champion Trees in Our Area:

Real County:

Full Species Common Name	Latin Name
Baldcypress	Taxodium distichum var. distichum
Escarpment Cherry	Prunus serotina var. eximia
Honey Mesquite	Prosopis glandulosa var. glandulosa

Bandera County:

Full Species Common Name	Latin Name
Texas Ash (Mountain Ash)	Fraxinus texensis
Canyon Maple (Bigtooth Maple)	Acer grandidentatum
Eastern Cottonwood	Populus deltoides var. deltoides

Uvalde County:

Full Species Common Name	Latin Name
Evergreen Sumac	Rhus virens
Wright Catclaw (Wright Acacia)	Acacia wrightii
Gregg Catclaw (Gregg Acacia)	Acacia greggii
Thornless Honeylocust	Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis
Texas Persimmon (Chapote)	Diospyros texana

The National Champs out of the above list are:

*Evergreen Sumac,

*Write Catclaw (Write Acacia),

*Texas Persimmon (Chapote),

*Texas Ash (Mountain Ash),

*Honey Mesquite.

New Trees that were been nominated for the National Big Tree Registry are:

*Gregg Catclaw,

*Escarpment Cherry

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