02279cam a2200325 i 4500 654676153 TxAuBib 20230215120000.0 160323s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016936802 9781682260128 1682260127 TxAuBib rda Palmer, Linda Williams,. Champion trees of Arkansas : an artist's journey / Linda Williams Palmer. Fayetteville, [Arkansas] : University of Arkansas Press, 2016. xiv, 85 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier In Champion Trees of Arkansas, Linda Williams Palmer explores the state’s largest trees of their species, registered with the Arkansas Forestry Commission as “champions.” Through her beautiful colored-pencil drawings, each magnificent tree is interpreted through the lens of season, location, history, and human connection. Readers will get to know the cherrybark oak, rendered in fall colors, an avatar for the passing of seasons. The sugar maple, with its bare limbs and weather-beaten trunk, stands sentry over the headstones in a confederate cemetery. The 350-year-old white oak was once dubbed the Council Oak by Native Americans, and the post oak, cared for by generations of the same family, has its own story to tell. Palmer travelled from Delta swamps to Ozark and Ouachita mountain ridges over a seven-year period to see and document the champions and to talk with property owners and others willing to share the stories of how these trees are beloved and protected by the community, and often entwined with its history. Champion Trees of Arkansas is sure to inspire art and nature lovers everywhere. 20230215. Champion trees Arkansas. Trees Arkansas. Champion trees. Trees. Arkansas. https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1703/2016936802-b.html Contributor biographical information https://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1703/2016936802-d.html Publisher description