Ancient Trees in Boston
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The Shaw Memorial Elms
English Elm (Ulmus procera). planted between 1772 and 1812, so roughly 214 to 254 years old. Free, public park (Boston Common), directly on the Freedom Trail

The Peters Hill White Oak
White Oak (Quercus alba). roughly 195 to 220 years, core-sampled in 2018 to a germination date in the early 1800s. Free, public arboretum, open dawn to dusk

The Franklin Tree of the Explorers Garden
Franklin Tree (Franklinia alatamaha). roughly 121 years (accessioned as a rooted cutting in 1905). Free, public arboretum, open dawn to dusk

The Dawn Redwood of the Public Garden
Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). roughly 63 years (planted 1963). Free, public park, open dawn to dusk

The Original Dawn Redwood of the Arboretum
Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides). roughly 77 years, grown from seed collected in Hubei, China in 1948. Free, public arboretum, open dawn to dusk

The Wilson Paperbark Maple
Paperbark Maple (Acer griseum). roughly 119 years (collected as a wild seedling in 1907). Free, public arboretum, open dawn to dusk