The Missouri Department of Conservation this month named the tree a state champion — the largest ... property in Olathe and a Washington hawthorn on private property in Overland Park.

FAYETTE, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) recently crowned a new state champion river birch tree in Howard County. MDC Forester A.J. Campbell presented the Missouri Champion ...

In this neck of the woods, it may be correctly assumed that “the big tree”— as ... known — is the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) State Champion Quercus macrocarpa.

But when the British Racing Green car continued ... have its way means the hawthorn has become lost among many trees and shrubs. But the memory of a profoundly British champion endures despite ...