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Presently, Rappahannock County boasts two state champion trees — a pear tree between Ben Venue and Flint Hill and a sassafras south of Sperryville - both known for their size.
“The difference between this registry and the national or state registry,” Mr. Wood explained, “is that this registry identifies trees that are especially interesting,” not just large. He added those trees may be ones of special beauty in the eyes of the recorder, or trees of historical value like the maple draping itself over the roofline of Slate Mills Baptist Church — not just the one of the county’s largest like the state record pear at Ben Venue.
“I think there is a need for a tree registry in Rappahannock,” Mr. Wood said, adding besides offering a protection to trees which may be endangered by development or disease, the registry is educational in that it marks trees of historical value or beauty.
“This could be a great project for school children to follow for years,” Mr. Wood said, adding the program could relate not only to forrestry but to history, biology or art, as well as other school courses. “I would hope public and private schools would get involved in promoting and utilizing this program,” he added.
“The idea of the registry is to have a formal record of trees,” he explained, adding that later if questions concerning the significance of a particular tree arose, the documentation could protect it.
At present, the files are kept in Mr. Wood’s Washington office. “Any
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