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White Oak in Van Cortlandt Park

Borough: Bronx
Community Board: 07
Designated: 2024

Tree Details

Species: White oak (Quercus alba)
Trunk Diameter 58 Inches

This white oak grows at the edge of Gun Hill Road at Moshulu Parkway North in Van Cortlandt Park. Situated directly across from the Moshulu Teaching Forest, this tree is believed to have been planted hundreds of years ago as a property line marker. Nominated by a Bronx-based artist-in-residence with the NYC Urban Field Station, Citizen Pruner, and community gardener, this tree inspired some of his interdisciplinary artwork where he investigates the relationship between people and local landscapes.

Location

Van Cortlandt Park
North side of Gun Hill Road at Moshulu Parkway North

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