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[[File:Moreton Bay Fig Tree.jpg|right|thumb|The Moreton Bay Fig Tree in Santa Barbara.]]
[[File:Moreton Bay Fig Tree.jpg|right|thumb|The Moreton Bay Fig Tree in Santa Barbara.]]
[[File:Moreton Bay Fig Tree, Santa Barbara, CA - June 2022.jpg|right|thumb|Close-up of trunk (June 2022)]]
'''Santa Barbara's Moreton Bay Fig Tree''' located in [[Santa Barbara, California]] is believed to be the largest ''[[Ficus macrophylla]]'' in the United States.<ref name="one">Days, M. L. (1977). ''Histories of individual parks Santa Barbara California''. Santa Barbara, CA: City Planning Committee.</ref>
'''Santa Barbara's Moreton Bay Fig Tree''' located in [[Santa Barbara, California]] is believed to be the largest ''[[Ficus macrophylla]]'' in the United States.<ref name="one">Days, M. L. (1977). ''Histories of individual parks Santa Barbara California''. Santa Barbara, CA: City Planning Committee.</ref>


A seaman, visiting Santa Barbara In 1876, presented a seedling of an Australian Moreton Bay Fig tree to a local girl who planted it at 201 State Street. After the girl moved away a year later, her girlfriend, Adeline Crabb, transplanted the tree to the corner of Montecito and Chapala streets, just a few blocks from the ocean, on land then owned by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company.<ref>{{cite news|url=/proxy/http://www.independent.com/news/2011/dec/21/sb-big-trees/|title=S.B. Big Trees: The Moreton Bay Fig Tree was Planted from a Cutting from Australia|last=Hayes|first=Virginia|date=December 21, 2011|work=Santa Barbara Independent|accessdate=18 March 2014}}</ref> The tree was officially designated as a historic landmark in 1970, and the property was deeded to the City of Santa Barbara in 1976. The tree has since been placed on the [[California Register of Big Trees]]. The roots are protected by a chain barrier the size of the canopy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Joyce|first=Alice|title=Gardenwalks in California: Beautiful Gardens from San Diego to Mendocino|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8oX91o6HaqEC&lpg=PA155&dq=Moreton%20Bay%20Fig%20Tree%20%22Santa%20Barbara%22%20chapala&pg=PA155#v=onepage&q=Moreton%20Bay%20Fig%20Tree%20%22Santa%20Barbara%22%20chapala&f=false|year=2005|publisher=The Globe Pequot Press|location=Guilford, Connecticut|pages=155–156}}</ref>
A seaman visiting Santa Barbara in 1876 presented a seedling of an Australian Moreton Bay fig tree to a local girl who planted it at 201 State Street. After the girl moved away a year later, her girlfriend, Adeline Crabb, transplanted the tree to the corner of Montecito and Chapala streets, just a few blocks from the ocean, on land then owned by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company.<ref name=independent>{{cite news|url=/proxy/http://www.independent.com/news/2011/dec/21/sb-big-trees/|title=S.B. Big Trees: The Moreton Bay Fig Tree was Planted from a Cutting from Australia|last=Hayes|first=Virginia|date=December 21, 2011|work=Santa Barbara Independent|accessdate=18 March 2014|archive-url=/proxy/https://web.archive.org/web/20140319000822/http://www.independent.com/news/2011/dec/21/sb-big-trees/|archive-date=19 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> The tree was officially designated as a historic landmark in 1970, and the property was deeded to the City of Santa Barbara in 1976. The tree has since been placed on the [[California Register of Big Trees]]. The roots are protected by a chain barrier the size of the canopy.<ref>{{cite book|last=Joyce|first=Alice|title=Gardenwalks in California: Beautiful Gardens from San Diego to Mendocino|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8oX91o6HaqEC&q=Moreton+Bay+Fig+Tree+%22Santa+Barbara%22+chapala&pg=PA155|year=2005|publisher=The Globe Pequot Press|location=Guilford, Connecticut|pages=155–156|isbn=9780762736669}}</ref> The tree may be viewed at the Amtrak Train Station, 209 State Street.


In July 1997, the circumference of the [[tree]], measured at a height of {{convert|4.5|ft|m}} above the ground, was {{convert|41.5|ft|m}}. The average crown spread was {{convert|176|ft|m}} and the total height was {{convert|80|ft|m}}. Measured in 2010, the widest spread of the branches is {{convert|198|ft|m}}. The [[trunk (botany)|trunk]] diameter above the [[buttress root]]s is {{convert|12.5|ft|m}}.<ref name="two">[http://www.dotphoto.com/GuestViewAlbum.asp?AID=974764 Santa Barbara Moreton Bay Fig Tree], photo album. (requires login)</ref>
In July 1997, the circumference of the [[tree]], measured at a height of {{convert|4.5|ft|m}} above the ground, was {{convert|41.5|ft|m}}. The average crown spread was {{convert|176|ft|m}} and the total height was {{convert|80|ft|m}}.<ref name=independent/>


==See also==
==See also==
* [[List of individual trees]]
* {{commonscat inline|Moreton Bay Fig Tree (Santa Barbara, California)}}
* {{portal-inline|Trees}}
* {{portal-inline|Trees}}


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==External links==
[[Category:Ficus]]
*https://blogs.chapman.edu/huell-howser-archives/2001/01/08/trees-californias-gold-3013/ 30-min video: Huell Howser visits the fig free in a 2001 episode of ''California's Gold''].
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Latest revision as of 00:32, 30 August 2023

34°24′50″N 119°41′39″W / 34.4138°N 119.6942°W / 34.4138; -119.6942

The Moreton Bay Fig Tree in Santa Barbara.
Close-up of trunk (June 2022)

Santa Barbara's Moreton Bay Fig Tree located in Santa Barbara, California is believed to be the largest Ficus macrophylla in the United States.[1]

A seaman visiting Santa Barbara in 1876 presented a seedling of an Australian Moreton Bay fig tree to a local girl who planted it at 201 State Street. After the girl moved away a year later, her girlfriend, Adeline Crabb, transplanted the tree to the corner of Montecito and Chapala streets, just a few blocks from the ocean, on land then owned by the Southern Pacific Transportation Company.[2] The tree was officially designated as a historic landmark in 1970, and the property was deeded to the City of Santa Barbara in 1976. The tree has since been placed on the California Register of Big Trees. The roots are protected by a chain barrier the size of the canopy.[3] The tree may be viewed at the Amtrak Train Station, 209 State Street.

In July 1997, the circumference of the tree, measured at a height of 4.5 feet (1.4 m) above the ground, was 41.5 feet (12.6 m). The average crown spread was 176 feet (54 m) and the total height was 80 feet (24 m).[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Days, M. L. (1977). Histories of individual parks Santa Barbara California. Santa Barbara, CA: City Planning Committee.
  2. ^ a b Hayes, Virginia (December 21, 2011). "S.B. Big Trees: The Moreton Bay Fig Tree was Planted from a Cutting from Australia". Santa Barbara Independent. Archived from the original on 19 March 2014. Retrieved 18 March 2014.
  3. ^ Joyce, Alice (2005). Gardenwalks in California: Beautiful Gardens from San Diego to Mendocino. Guilford, Connecticut: The Globe Pequot Press. pp. 155–156. ISBN 9780762736669.
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