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The Big Tree of the Week is a white oak tree found in Cass County. Oak trees are across our entire continent and overseas! Across the world, lots of people have experiences with an oak tree near them now or when growing up. When the tree is taken down or harvested, we use the wood for building, creating, and heating! The tree is also a huge source of food and shelter for wildlife. The oak trees are important to us in many ways, so great efforts exist to protect them! Share a positive effort toward oak trees below! The tree pictured is a recent entry, and the circumference is not yet verified. Do you know of any giant oak trees near you?! Submit your big tree's measurements and pictures at bigtreehunt.com! Special thanks to Archangel Ancient Tree Archive and Meijer, platinum sponsors of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt. Is your company or organization looking for ways to make a positive environmental impact in the community? Become a sponsor of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt! Scroll to the sponsor section of bigtreehunt.com for more information. #michiganbigtreehunt #bigtreehunt #releafmichigan #meijercommunity

The Big Tree of the Week is a cottonwood tree found in Ingham County. Cottonwood is a tree that takes little time to get huge - long being relative to other more slow-growing giants like oaks. It's grown to a mature size around 70 years old. After maturity, it most often lives on to 100-125 years - of course - that's not the limit, it is widely accepted that cottonwood trees can live up to 400 years old! The tree pictured is a recent entry, and the circumference is not yet verified. Do you know of any giant cottonwood trees near you?! How old do you think they are?! Submit your big tree's measurements and pictures at bigtreehunt.com! Special thanks to Archangel Ancient Tree Archive and Meijer, platinum sponsors of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt. Is your company or organization looking for ways to make a positive environmental impact in the community? Become a sponsor of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt! Scroll to the sponsor section of bigtreehunt.com for more information. #michiganbigtreehunt #bigtreehunt #releafmichigan #meijercommunity

The Big Tree of the Week is a Chinkapin oak tree found in Ingham County. Some love pronouncing this tree's name, some shy away from it, and some call it chestnut oak! Along with a neat name, its leaves stand out among the other Michigan oaks. The tree pictured is a recent entry, and the circumference is not yet verified. Do you know of any giant Chinkapin oak trees near you?! Submit your big tree's measurements and pictures at bigtreehunt.com! Special thanks to Archangel Ancient Tree Archive and Meijer, platinum sponsors of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt. Is your company or organization looking for ways to make a positive environmental impact in the community? Become a sponsor of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt! Scroll to the sponsor section of bigtreehunt.com for more information. #michiganbigtreehunt #bigtreehunt #releafmichigan #meijercommunity

The Big Tree of the Week is a black walnut tree found in Van Buren County. Did you know you can eat Michigan black walnuts?! Black walnut trees drop their fruit in autumn. The outside color is light green with some brown spots, and its size is a bit smaller than a tennis ball. Inside that fruit is the black walnut! You can go through the process to harvest these walnuts, but it takes work and can permanently stain your clothes and shoes! Have any of you tried eating black walnuts?! Did you harvest it yourself? Share in the comments. The tree pictured is a recent entry, and the circumference is not yet verified. Do you know of any giant black walnut trees near you?! Submit your big tree's measurements and pictures at bigtreehunt.com! Special thanks to Archangel Ancient Tree Archive and Meijer, platinum sponsors of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt. Is your company or organization looking for ways to make a positive environmental impact in the community? Become a sponsor of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt! Scroll to the sponsor section of bigtreehunt.com for more information. #michiganbigtreehunt #bigtreehunt #releafmichigan #meijercommunity

The Big Tree of the Week is a Norway spruce tree found in Kent County. A good place to hunt for big trees is somewhere that is undisturbed or protected. It's not uncommon to get entries from a cemetery! It's quite spooky this time of year! Would you head into a cemetery to measure a big tree?? Do you know of any giant trees near you?! Submit your big tree's measurements and pictures to bigtreehunt.com - unless you're scared!!! Special thanks to Archangel Ancient Tree Archive and Meijer, platinum sponsors of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt. Is your company or organization looking for ways to make a positive environmental impact in the community? Become a sponsor of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt! Scroll to the sponsor section of bigtreehunt.com for more information. #michiganbigtreehunt #bigtreehunt #releafmichigan #meijercommunity

The Big Tree of the Week is a silver maple tree found in Eaton County. Did you know that silver maple trees have sap like our treasured sugar maple? The difference is that this sap is less sugary and not used for maple syrup. It's written that Native Americans used the sap for medicinal purposes, such as treating coughs, cramps, and more. Native Americans also used tree bark for baking and wood and twigs for creating. The tree pictured is a winner of our last contest. The verified circumference was 251 inches! Do you know of any giant silver maple trees near you?! Submit your big tree's measurements and pictures at bigtreehunt.com! Special thanks to Archangel Ancient Tree Archive and Meijer, platinum sponsors of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt. Is your company or organization looking for ways to make a positive environmental impact in the community? Become a sponsor of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt! Scroll to the sponsor section of bigtreehunt.com for more information. #michiganbigtreehunt #bigtreehunt #releafmichigan #meijercommunity

The Big Tree of the Week is an Eastern white pine tree found in Montcalm County. Did you know that the Eastern white pine is our state tree!? It is known as a giant of our forests. Even when forested white pine trees start under the shade of others, they eventually grow to be the tallest tree in our entire Michigan Forest. Have you ever looked up to the top of a white pine tree and felt it was taller than most?? The tree pictured is a recent entry, and the circumference is not yet verified. Do you know of any giant white pine trees near you?! Submit your big tree's measurements and pictures at bigtreehunt.com! Special thanks to Archangel Ancient Tree Archive and Meijer, platinum sponsors of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt. Is your company or organization looking for ways to make a positive environmental impact in the community? Become a sponsor of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt! Scroll to the sponsor section of bigtreehunt.com for more information. #michiganbigtreehunt #bigtreehunt #releafmichigan #meijercommunity"

The Big Tree of the Week is a red oak tree found in Kent County. Did you know Kent County has entered the most trees in the contest!! In the last Big Tree Hunt, 79/83 Michigan counties participated! So far, the current contest has participation from 66 counties. If you live or travel to a county on the list below..get out there and enter a big tree! The tree pictured is a recent entry, and the circumference is not yet verified. Do you know of any giant trees near you?! Submit your big tree's measurements and pictures at bigtreehunt.com! Counties with no big tree nominations: Alger County Baraga County Benzie County Branch County Dickinson County Gogebic County Hillsdale County Lake County Luce County Menominee County Montcalm County Montmorency County Newaygo County Ontonagon County Osceola County Otsego County Presque Isle County Schoolcraft County Tuscola County Special thanks to Archangel Ancient Tree Archive and Meijer, platinum sponsors of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt. Is your company or organization looking for ways to make a positive environmental impact in the community? Become a sponsor of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt! Scroll to the sponsor section of bigtreehunt.com for more information. #michiganbigtreehunt #bigtreehunt #releafmichigan #meijercommunity"

The Big Tree of the Week is a white oak tree found in Ingham County. Did you know that tree people come up with little tricks to tell the different types of trees apart?! Some of us say the bark of white oak trees looks like alligator skin!! What do you think?! The tree pictured is a recent entry, and the circumference is not yet verified. Do you know of any giant white oak trees near you?! Submit your big tree's measurements and pictures at bigtreehunt.com! Special thanks to Archangel Ancient Tree Archive and Meijer, platinum sponsors of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt. Is your company or organization looking for ways to make a positive environmental impact in the community? Become a sponsor of the Michigan Big Tree Hunt! Scroll to the sponsor section of bigtreehunt.com for more information. #michiganbigtreehunt #bigtreehunt #releafmichigan #meijercommunity

🌳 We’ve reached a major environmental milestone this year! Since the start of our sustainability program, Wyld has planted over 100,000 trees through nonprofit partnerships and employee volunteerism! 🌲 Shout out to these amazing organizations who made it possible: Friends of Trees, One Tree Planted, OKC Beautiful, Oregon Natural Desert Association, ReLeaf Michigan, Forest ReLeaf of Missouri, Sacramento Tree Foundation, TreePeople, TUCSON CACTUS AND SUCCULENT SOCIETY INC! 🤝