Moon tree
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Moon trees are trees grown from 500 seeds taken into orbit around the Moon by Stuart Roosa during the Apollo 14 mission in 1971.[1] As the Command Module Pilot on the Apollo 14 mission, and because he was a former smoke jumper, Roosa was contacted by Ed Cliff, who was the Chief of the Forest Service[2] at the time, and who proposed the idea of taking the seeds along. Seeds for the experiment were chosen from five different types of trees: Loblolly Pine, Sycamore, Sweetgum, Redwood, and Douglas Fir.[1]
Trees used
After the flight the seeds were sent to the southern Forest Service station in Gulfport, Mississippi, and to the western station in Placerville, California, with the intent to germinate them. Nearly all the seeds germinated successfully, and the Forest Service had some 420 seedlings after a few years. Some of these were planted alongside their earth-bound counterparts, which were specifically set aside as controls. After over twenty years there is no discernible difference between the two classes of trees. Most of the "Moon trees" were given away in 1975 and 1976 to many state forestry organizations, in order to be planted as part of the nation's bicentennial celebration. Since the trees were all of southern and western species, not all states received trees. A Loblolly Pine was planted at the White House, and trees were planted in Brazil, Switzerland, and presented to Emperor Hirohito, among others.[1]
City and state | Location | Type of tree | Planting date |
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Auburn University, Alabama |
G.W. Andrews Forestry Sciences Lab | Loblolly Pine | 22 October 1976 |
Birmingham, Alabama |
Birmingham Botanical Garden | Sycamore | April 1976 |
Montgomery, Alabama |
State Capitol | Loblolly Pine | April 1976 |
Troy, Alabama |
Pioneer Museum of Alabama | Loblolly Pine | 5 August 1976 |
Tuscumbia, Alabama |
Ivy Green | Loblolly Pine | 19 October 1976 |
Flagstaff, Arizona |
Flagstaff Jr. High School | Douglas Fir | 30 April 1976 |
Tucson, Arizona |
Kuiper Space Sciences Building, University of Arizona | Sycamore | 30 April 1976 |
Ft. Smith, Arkansas |
Sebastian County Courthouse | Loblolly Pine | 15 March 1976 |
Washington, Arkansas |
Old Washington Historic State Park | Loblolly Pine | 15 March 1976 |
Arcata, California |
Humboldt State University | 3 Redwoods | |
Berkeley, California |
Tilden Nature Area | Redwood | 26 July 1976 |
Monterey, California |
Friendly Plaza | Redwood | July 1976 |
San Luis Obispo, California |
Mission Plaza | Redwood | 30 July 1976 |
Sacramento, California |
State Capital | Redwood | |
Cape Canaveral, Florida |
Kennedy Space Center | Sycamore | 25 June 1976 |
Gainesville, Florida |
University of Florida | Sycamore | |
Perry, Florida |
Forest Capital Museum State Park | Loblolly Pine | 26 April 1978 |
Tallahassee, Florida |
Cascades Park | Sycamore | |
Tallahassee, Florida |
Doyle Conner Building | Loblolly Pine | |
Boise, Idaho |
Lowell Elementary School | Loblolly Pine | 1977 |
Moscow, Idaho |
University of Idaho | Sycamore | |
Cannelton, Indiana |
Camp Koch Girl Scout Camp | Sycamore | 1976 |
Indianapolis, Indiana |
Indiana Statehouse | Sycamore | 9 April 1976 |
Lincoln City, Indiana |
Lincoln State Park | Sycamore | 1 May 1976 |
Tell City, Indiana |
Forest Service Office | 2 Sweetgums | 1976 |
Atchison, Kansas |
International Forest of Friendship | Sycamore | |
Elmer, Louisiana |
Palustris Experimental Forest | Loblolly Pine | April 1976 |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
New Orleans River Walk | Loblolly Pine | June 1983 |
Bethesda, Maryland |
Society of American Foresters | Loblolly Pine | 30 September 1975 |
Greenbelt, Maryland |
Goddard Space Flight Center | Sycamore | 9 June 1977 |
Holliston, Massachusetts |
Holliston Police Station | Sycamore | April 1976 |
Mississippi State, Mississippi |
The Junction | Sycamore | 1975 |
Waynesboro, Mississippi |
Forestry Commission Nursery | Sycamore | |
DeSoto, Missouri |
Walthers Park | Sycamore | |
Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina |
Cradle of Forestry in America | Sycamore | |
Asheville Botanical Garden, North Carolina |
UNC Asheville | Sycamore | |
South Brunswick, New Jersey |
South Brunswick High School | Sycamore | |
Jefferson County, Ohio |
Friendship Park | Sycamore | 29 July 1976 |
Eugene, Oregon |
Erb Memorial Union, University of Oregon (Initially planted at Willamette Hall, moved in 1980) | Douglas Fir | 1976 |
Roseburg, Oregon |
U.S. Veteran's Hospital | Douglas Fir | 3 May 1976 |
Corvallis, Oregon |
Peavy Hall, Oregon State University | Douglas Fir | 1976 |
Salem, Oregon |
State Capitol Building | Douglas Fir | 30 April 1976 |
Salem, Oregon |
Private Residence | 2 Douglas Firs | 1973 |
Ebensburg, Pennsylvania |
Cambria County Courthouse | Sycamore | 29 June 1976 |
Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania |
Highland Hall | Sycamore | 5 May 1976 |
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania |
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Building | Sycamore | 30 June 1976 |
Newtown/Langhorne, Pennsylvania |
Core Creek Park | Sycamore | 30 April 1976 |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Washington Square | Sycamore* | 6 May 1975 |
Knoxville, Tennessee |
University of Tennessee | Loblolly Pine | April 1976 |
Sewanee, Tennessee |
University of the South | Sycamore | April 1976 |
Tullahoma, Tennessee |
Arnold Air Force Base | Loblolly Pine | April 1976 |
Olympia, Washington |
State Capitol Building | Douglas Fir | |
Huntsville, Alabama |
U.S. Space and Rocket Center | 5 Sycamores, 2 Pines * |
29 October 1976 |
Tuskegee, Alabama |
VA Hospital (CAVHCS) | Loblolly Pine * | 1976 |
Little Rock, Arkansas |
Forestry Commission Headquarters | Loblolly Pine * | 15 March 1976 |
Monticello, Arkansas |
University of Arkansas at Monticello | Loblolly Pine * | 1977? |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
NASA Michoud Assembly Facility | Loblolly Pine (2?) * | July 1976 |
North Pembroke, Massachusetts |
Historical Society | Sycamore? * | April 1976 |
Albuquerque, New Mexico |
Civic Plaza | Douglas Fir * | |
Illinois Valley, Oregon |
Siskiyou Smoke Jumper Base | Douglas Fir * | |
Washington, D.C. |
White House | Loblolly Pine * | 19 January 1977 |
Plano, Texas | Plano Senior High School | Sycamore | 4 November 2009 |
Brasília, Brazil |
Ibama Central Building's garden | Sweetgum | 14 December 1980 |
Tradate, Italy |
Appiano Gentile Park | Loblolly Pine | April 2011 |
An asterisk (*) denotes a tree that is no longer alive.
See also
References
External links
- The Moon Trees
- "Houston, We Have Moon Trees". Peeling Back the Bark blog, the Forest History Society.
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