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==Notable trees== The famous "[[Eisenhower Tree]]" on the 17th hole of [[Augusta National Golf Club]] was a loblolly pine. [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], an Augusta National member, hit the tree so many times that at a 1956 club meeting, he proposed that it be cut down. Not wanting to offend the President, the club's chairman, Clifford Roberts, immediately adjourned the meeting rather than reject the request outright. In February 2014, an [[February 2014 winter storm|ice storm]] severely damaged the Eisenhower Tree. The opinion of [[arborist]]s was that the tree could not be saved and should be removed, which it subsequently was.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2014-02-16/masters-landmark-ikes-tree-suffers-major-damage-removed?v=1392572685/|title=Masters landmark Ike's Tree suffers major damage, removed|work=[[The Augusta Chronicle]]|date=February 16, 2014|access-date=February 17, 2014|url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140223031217/http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/golf/2014-02-16/masters-landmark-ikes-tree-suffers-major-damage-removed?v=1392572685/ | archive-date = 23 February 2014 | first = John | last = Boyette}}</ref> The "Morris Pine" is located in southeastern Arkansas; it is over 300 years old with a diameter of {{cvt|142|cm|in}} and a height of {{cvt|35.7|m|ft}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nativetreesociety.org/bulletin/b1_1/B_ENTS_v1_01_sec6_SBT02.pdf |author=Bragg, Don C|title=The Morris Pine|publisher= Bulletin of the Eastern Native Tree Society. Volume 1 (Summer 2006): 20|access-date=2012-11-13}}</ref> Loblolly pine seeds were carried aboard the [[Apollo 14]] flight. On its return, the seeds were planted in several locations in the US, including the grounds of the [[White House]]. {{As of|2016}}, a number of these [[moon tree]]s remain alive.<ref name="Williams">{{Cite web| url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html| title=The "Moon Trees"| first=David R.| last=Williams| publisher=[[NASA]]| work=[[Goddard Space Flight Center]]| date=28 July 2009| access-date=8 March 2016}}</ref>
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