Big trees

 The 2006-2007 National Register of Big Trees has nine South Carolina trees on it.

Nope, not the Angel Oak on Johns Island and nope, not the Middleton Oak at Middleton Place. Granted, those are BIG trees, but they must not be NATIONAL RECORD BIG trees. There's also a state registry of South Carolina Champion Trees. (S.C. Champion persimmon at right.)

The ones on the National Register are:

Overcup Oak, Quercus lyrata
Location: Congaree National Park, SC
Points: 371
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Overcup Oak, Quercus lyrata
Location: Congaree National Park, SC
Points: 368
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Loblolly Pine, Pinus taeda
Location: Congaree Swamp National Monument, SC
Points: 361
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Water Hickory, Carya aquatica
Location: Congaree Swamp National Monument, SC
Points: 349
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Shagbark Hickory, Carya ovata var. ovata
Location: Sumter NF, SC
Points: 301
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Sand Hickory, Carya pallida
Location: Greenville County, SC
Points: 276
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Japanese Privet, Ligustrum japonica
Location: Lynchburg, SC
Points: 101
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Possumhaw, Ilex decidua
Location: Richland County, SC
Points: 87
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Rosebay Rhododendron, Rhododendron maximum
Location: Sumter National Forest , SC
Points: 69
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