Old Washington Historic State Park Moon Tree

Washington, Arkansas

[Old Washington Park Moon Tree] [Old Washington Park Moon Tree]

Loblolly pine (Pinus Taeda) planted 15 March 1976 at Old Washington Historic State Park in Washington, Arkansas, located behind the 1836 courthouse and Confederate Capitol of Arkansas. It is listed on the old sign (below) as a 'Moon Pine Tree', Arkansas Famous and Historical Tree Program Registered Tree #0005, August 6, 1997. The sign was replaced at some point with a slightly different one (above), describing the tree as "Apollo 14 Mission Moon Pine at Washington". The upper photographs were taken in 2013, the lower photographs circa 2005.

The seeds for the loblolly pines were collected in Livingston Parish, Lousiana, and New Kent County, Virginia. It is not known which of these locales was the source for this particular tree.

Tree located at 33 deg 46.545 min N, 93 deg 40.835 min W

Upper photographs courtesy of T. Byron Miller.
Lower photographs courtesy of Dallas and JoAnn Coonrod - geocachers 'Kunta and Ono'.

[Old Washington Park Moon Tree] [Old Washington Park Moon Tree Sign]

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Last Updated: 25 April 2024, DRW