LINCOLN, Neb. - Of the 21 different state trees and several other write-in candidates receiving votes, more than 100,000 voters chose the oak as America’s National Tree in the National Arbor Day Foundation’s recent campaign. Announced on National Arbor Day, April 27, 2001, the oak received close to 23 percent of the vote and was closely followed by the redwood, which received 18 percent.
The National Arbor Day Foundation provided an election site at www.arborday.org to collect votes for America's National Tree. The voting period ran from Jan. 1, 2001, through midnight April 26. People without Internet access mailed their votes, and more than 2,000 schools around the country registered as student voting sites.
The oak is the most widespread hardwood in the temperate zone of the northern hemisphere with species ranging in mature height from 35 to more than 100 feet, according to the National Arbor Day Foundation. For more information about the oak visit arborday.org/NationalTree/oak.html.
The top five trees - oak, redwood, dogwood, maple and pine, respectively - captured 67 percent of the vote. Complete results are displayed below.
| TREE | NUMBER OF VOTES |
| Oak | 101,146 |
| Redwood | 80,841 |
| Dogwood | 47,351 |
| Maple | 45,111 |
| Pine | 23,806 |
| Palm | 15,519 |
| Redbud | 13,551 |
| Magnolia | 11,862 |
| Elm | 9,893 |
| Tuliptree | 9,567 |
| Buckeye | 9,058 |
| Cottonwood (Poplar) | 6,710 |
| Douglasfir | 6,415 |
| Birch | 6,245 |
| Pecan (Hickory) | 6,243 |
| Spruce | 5,986 |
| Holly | 5,848 |
| Kukui | 5,559 |
| Baldcypress | 3,071 |
| Hemlock | 2,812 |
| Paloverde | 1,114 |
| Other Write-ins | 26,920 |
| TOTAL | 444,628 |
For more information about America’s National Tree or National Arbor Day visit the National Arbor Day Foundation’s Web site at www.arborday.org.
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