The Basics

Materials
Swamp White Oak
Year
2011
Location
Capitol Square, S.W.
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Text of the Plaque

U.S. Capitol Grounds
Commemorative Tree

Quercus bicolor
(Swamp White Oak)

To Commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of
the September 11, 2001, Terrorist Attacks

sponsored by
Rep. Jerrold Nadler

September 13, 2011

Tree Details

Image
Up-close photo of the swamp white oak leafs.

This tree replaces a mature 105 year old tree that was lost the previous year. The swamp white oak was chosen among numerous possibilities to be used throughout the 9/11 memorial in lower Manhattan, where over 400 were planted.