#AmericanSmoketree #Cotinus_obovatus is a rare and unfamiliar species often described as a “shrub or small tree” however the Arkansas #ChampionTree defies this categorization!

Related #Trees in the genus #Cotinus are known from the Late #Cretaceous of North America, btw:
https://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2021/5/4/the-american-smoketree

Photo credit:
https://www.agriculture.arkansas.gov/forestry/champion-trees/american-smoketree-cotinus-obovatus/

Reminiscing about my visits to the #ButtonballTree the #AmericanSycamore / #Platanus_occidentalis #ChampionTree of #Massachusetts. As of 2017 it measures 113’ (34.4 m) in height, 135.5’ (41.3 m) in average spread with a circumference of 309.6” (7.86 m), roughly making the trunk 8’ (2.44 m) wide.