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Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Oriental Planetrees (HALS DC-45), Rock Creek Park

two tall leafless trees, Oriental Planetrees, centered in image with wide sidewalk running along left side of trees and road running along the right side of trees

The Oriental Planetrees (Platanus orientalis) along Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway are notable trees, sometimes called witness trees, in Rock Creek Park. They're located on the west side of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, south of Virginia Avenue and across from Watergate Complex in Washington, DC. They are documented as "Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Oriental Planetrees, West side of Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway, south of Virginia Avenue and across from Watergate Complex, Washington, District of Columbia, DC" as part of the Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS DC-45): https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/dc1154/. The image was published as part of the original "Valuing Trees and Forests in the National Capital Area" StoryMap (StoryMaps Classic version) and has been republished here on NPGallery to facilitate its use in the updated version of "Valuing Trees and Forests in the National Capital Area" StoryMap associated with the Urban Ecology Research Learning Alliance (UERLA), NPS.

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Rock Creek Park, Code: ROCR

Rock Creek Park
Latitude: 38.9315490722656, Longitude: -77.0459899902344

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/dc1154/

01/01/2012 | 2012

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Organization: National Capital Regional Office, National Park Service
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