Editing Moon tree

{{Short description|Tree grown from seed carried on Apollo 14 or Artemis I}}
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[[Image:Bicentennial moon tree.jpg|thumb|upright|Bicentennial Moon Tree, planted in 1975 in [[Washington Square (Philadelphia)|Washington Square]], Philadelphia]]
[[Image:MoonTreeArk.jpg|thumb|upright|Moon Tree in front of Sebastian County Courthouse, in [[Fort Smith, Arkansas]]]]
[[Image:Tree certificate.png |thumb|upright|Certificate of Authenticity of the Moon Tree in Piedmont, South Carolina.]]
[[File:Moon Tree in Piedmont, South Carolina, 1980s.png|thumb|Moon Tree in Piedmont, South Carolina, 1980s]]
[[File:Moon tree plaque, Waycross, GA.jpg|upright|thumb|Moon Tree, Waycross, Georgia]]
[[File:Plaque In and Moon Tree, Core Creek Park.jpg|thumb|382x382px|[[Acer_pseudoplatanus|Sycamore]] Moon Tree, planted in 1976 at [[Core Creek Park]], [[Bucks County, Pennsylvania]]]]
'''Moon trees''' are trees grown from seeds taken into orbit around the [[Moon]], initially by [[Apollo 14]] in 1971, and later by [[Artemis I]] in 2022.<ref name="WP-20230923">{{cite news |last=Kelly |first=John|title=In 1971, tree seeds orbited the moon. Now they grow on Earth. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/09/23/apollo-moon-trees/ |date=September 23, 2023 |work=[[The Washington Post]] |url-status=live |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20230923165638/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/09/23/apollo-moon-trees/ |archivedate=September 23, 2023 |accessdate=September 23, 2023 }}</ref> The idea was first proposed by [[Edward P. Cliff]], then the [[History of the United States Forest Service#List of Forest Service chiefs|Chief]] of the [[United States Forest Service]], who convinced [[Stuart Roosa]], the [[Command Module Pilot]] on the Apollo 14 mission, to bring a small canister containing about 500 seeds aboard the module in 1971. Seeds for the experiment were chosen from five [[species]] of tree: [[Pinus taeda|loblolly pine]], [[Platanus occidentalis|sycamore]], [[Liquidambar styraciflua|sweetgum]], [[Sequoia sempervirens|redwood]], and [[Douglas fir]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/02/110209171139.htm |work=[[Science Daily]] |title=Race Against Time to Find Apollo 14's Lost Voyagers: 'Moon Trees' |date=February 10, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Trees... from the Moon |date=July 19, 2005 |first=Richard |last=Black |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/4694361.stm |work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> In 2022, NASA announced it would be reviving the Moon tree program by carrying 1,000 seeds aboard [[Artemis I]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 18, 2022 |title=NASA, USDA Forest Service Fly Next Generation of Moon Tree Seeds on Artemis I |work=[[NASA]] |url=https://www.nasa.gov/stem/feature/nasa-usda-forest-service-fly-next-generation-of-moon-tree-seeds-on-artemis-1/ |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>

== History ==
After the flight, the seeds were sent to the southern Forest Service station in [[Gulfport, Mississippi|Gulfport]], [[Mississippi]], and to the western station in [[Placerville, California]], with the intent to [[germination|germinate]] them.<ref name=":5" /> Nearly all the seeds germinated successfully, and after a few years, the Forest Service had about 420 seedlings. Some of these were planted alongside their Earth-bound counterparts, which were specifically set aside as controls. After more than 40 years, there was no discernible difference between the two classes of trees. Most of the Moon trees were given away in 1975 and 1976 to state forestry organizations, in order to be planted as part of the nation's [[United States Bicentennial|bicentennial celebration]]. Since the trees were all of southern or western species, not all states received trees. A [[Loblolly Pine]] was planted at the [[White House]], and trees were planted in [[Brazil]], [[Switzerland]], and presented to [[Emperor of Japan|Emperor]] [[Hirohito]], among others.<ref name="Williams">{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=David R. |date=July 28, 2009 |title=The "Moon Trees" |url=http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html |access-date=August 7, 2009 |work=[[Goddard Space Flight Center]] |publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>[[Image:MoonTreePlaque.jpg|thumb|upright|Plaque at the base of the Fort Smith Moon Tree.]]The locations of many of the trees that were planted from these seeds were largely unknown for decades. In 1996, a third-grade teacher, Joan Goble, and her students found a tree in their local area with a plaque identifying it as a Moon tree. Goble sent an email to NASA, and reached employee Dave Williams. Williams was unaware of the trees' existence, as were most of his colleagues at NASA. Upon doing some research, Williams found some old newspaper clippings that described the initial actions taken by Roosa to bring these seeds to space and home to be planted.<ref name="Atlantic Jan 2022"> [https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2022/01/nasa-moon-trees-apollo/621395/ We Almost Forgot About the Moon Trees: A collection of tree seeds that went round and round the moon was scattered far and wide back home], by Marina Koren. The seeds orbited the Moon, but were not landed on it. ''The Atlantic'', January 31, 2022. </ref>
Williams posted a page on NASA's official website asking for public help to find the trees. The page also contained a table listing the locations and species of known Moon trees. Williams began to hear from people around the United States who had seen trees with plaques identifying them as Moon trees. Williams began to manage a database listing details about such trees, including their location and species. In 2011, an article in ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' magazine described the effort, and provided Williams' email address, encouraging anyone to write who might have data on existing Moon trees.<ref name="Wired Feb 2011"> [https://www.wired.com/2011/02/moon-trees/ The Mystery of the Missing Moon Trees:] 15 years after NASA astronomer David Williams started searching for them, hundreds of trees grown from space-faring seeds are still missing. The moon trees, whose seeds circled the moon 34 times in Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa‘s pocket, were welcomed back to Earth with great fanfare in 1971. February 10, 2011, wired.com.</ref> As of 2022, efforts were continuing to identify and locate existing trees;<ref name="Atlantic Jan 2022" /> the NASA page remains active.<ref name="NASA page"> [https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html The "Moon Trees"], official NASA website, accessed February 3, 2022. </ref>

In March 2021, the [[Royal Astronomical Society]] and the [[UK Space Agency]] asked for the help of the public to identify up to 15 Moon Trees that may be growing in the [[United Kingdom]]. As of April 2021, none of the trees that supposedly came to the UK have been identified.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ras.ac.uk/news-and-press/news/can-you-help-us-find-moon-trees |title=Can you help us find the Moon Trees? |last=Massey |first=Robert |publisher=Royal Astronomical Society |date=March 30, 2021 |accessdate=April 23, 2021 }}</ref>

===Current efforts===
The Moon Tree Foundation is an organization run by Roosa's daughter, Rosemary, which seeks to plant Moon trees in regions around the world. The foundation sponsors and hosts ceremonies to plant new trees, with seeds produced by the original generation of trees that grew from the seeds carried by Roosa in 1971.<ref name="foundation"> [https://www.moontreefoundation.com/moon-tree-plantings Moon tree Planting ceremony], official website of Moon Tree Foundation, accessed February 3, 2022. </ref>

[[File:Moontree goddard.jpg|upright|thumb|Moon tree at the [[Goddard Space Flight Center]]]]

==Apollo Moon Tree Locations==
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|+ Table key
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!style="background:#FFCCCC; | †
| Indicates a tree that is no longer alive.
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|Indicates the exact date of planting is unknown.
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===United States===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | City
! scope="col" | State
! scope="col" | Location
! scope="col" | Species
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Date planted
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
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|[[Salem, Oregon|Salem]]||{{flaglist|Oregon}}||Private Residence||2 Douglas Firs
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1973 ‡
|
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|[[Wiggins, Stone County, Mississippi|Wiggins]]
|{{flaglist|Mississippi}}
|Girl Scouts Camp Iti Kana
|Sycamore
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1974 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 2, 1974 |title=Moon tree |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/hattiesburg-american-moon-tree/169104525/ |access-date=March 29, 2025 |work=[[Hattiesburg American]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |page=25 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville]]
|{{flaglist|Mississippi}}
|Dorman Hall, [[Mississippi State University]]
|Sycamore
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1975 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Steinberg |first=Sasha |date=July 18, 2019 |title=As NASA celebrates Apollo 50th anniversary, MSU recognizes lineage of its 'Moon Sycamore' tree |work=[[Mississippi State University]] |url=https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2019/07/nasa-celebrates-apollo-50th-anniversary-msu-recognizes-lineage-its-moon |access-date=July 4, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Philadelphia]]||{{flaglist|Pennsylvania}}||[[Washington Square (Philadelphia)|Washington Square Park]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" | Sycamore †
|May 6, 1975||<ref>{{Cite news |last=McDevitt |first=John |date=September 2, 2011 |title=Dead 'Moon Tree' In Washington Square Park Will Be Replaced |work=[[KYW-TV|CBS Philly]] |url=https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/09/02/dead-moon-tree-in-washington-square-park-will-be-replaced/ |access-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Bethesda, Maryland|Bethesda]]||{{flaglist|Maryland}}||[[Society of American Foresters]]||Loblolly Pine||September 30, 1975||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Botkin |first=Erica |date=October 1, 2014 |title=Moon Trees |url=https://www.redwoods.edu/artgallery/Exhibitions/ArtMID/1082/ArticleID/436/Moon-Trees |access-date=June 28, 2022 |publisher=[[College of the Redwoods]] }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
|-
|[[Princeton, West Virginia|Princeton]]
|{{Flaglist|West Virginia}}
|[[United States Department of Agriculture|USDA]] Forestry Sciences Laboratory
|Sycamore
|October 18, 1975
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jordan |first=Greg |date=June 15, 2020 |title=Sycamore maple at Mercer’s former USDA Forestry Lab once traveled the stars |work=[[Bluefield Daily Telegraph]] |url=https://www.bdtonline.com/news/sycamore-maple-at-mercer-s-former-usda-forestry-lab-once-traveled-the-stars/article_38f9588e-aea6-11ea-a210-dbe169deee60.html |access-date=June 12, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Fort Smith, Arkansas|Fort Smith]]
|{{flaglist|Arkansas}}
|[[Sebastian County Courthouse-Fort Smith City Hall|Sebastian County Courthouse]]
|Loblolly Pine
|March 15, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=November 6, 2014 |title=Gardening For The Record: Selecting A Tree Takes Thought |work=[[Southwest Times Record]] |url=https://www.swtimes.com/story/news/2014/11/06/gardening-for-record-selecting-tree/26379587007/ |access-date=June 12, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Little Rock, Arkansas|Little Rock]]||{{flaglist|Arkansas}}||Forestry Commission Headquarters
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Loblolly Pine †
|March 15, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Garrett |first=Rusty |date=September 5, 2011 |title=Fort Smith rediscovers roots with ‘moon tree’ |work=[[Arkansas Democrat-Gazette]] |url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2011/sep/05/fort-smith-rediscovers-roots-moon-tree-20110905/ |access-date=June 12, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[Monticello, Arkansas|Monticello]]
|{{flaglist|Arkansas}}
|[[University of Arkansas at Monticello]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Loblolly Pine †
|March 15, 1976
|<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Lee |first=Brittney |date=August 20, 2018 |title=Arkansas Moon Trees: Out of This World |work=Only in Arkansas |url=https://onlyinark.com/homegrown/arkansas-moon-trees/ |access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref>
|-
||[[Washington, Arkansas|Washington]]||{{flaglist|Arkansas}}||[[Historic Washington State Park]]
|Loblolly Pine
|March 15, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Griffin |first=Bob |date=March 15, 1976 |title=Moon Tree |pages=25 |work=[[Shreveport Journal|The Shreveport Journal]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-shreveport-journal-moon-tree/126277316/ |access-date=June 12, 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Asheville, North Carolina|Asheville]]||{{flaglist|North Carolina}}||[[Botanical Gardens at Asheville]]
|Sycamore||March 19, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 20, 1976 |title=A 'Moon Tree' Grows In Asheville |pages=11 |work=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/asheville-citizen-times/28056691/ |access-date=June 13, 2023}}</ref>
|-
|[[College Station, Texas|College Station]]
|{{Flaglist|Texas}}
|[[D. A. "Andy" Anderson Arboretum]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Sycamore †
|March 21, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 18, 1976 |title=College Station Arboretum To Harbor 2 Special Trees |work=Bryan-College Station Eagle |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_trees/college_station_tree_Eagle_Mar18_1976P01.jpg |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]]||{{flaglist|Alabama}}||[[Birmingham Botanical Gardens, Alabama|Birmingham Botanical Gardens]], near [[Lane Park]]||Sycamore
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |April 1976 ‡
|<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |last=Hansen |first=Jeff |date=February 9, 2011 |title=40 years after splashdown, Birmingham Botanical Gardens a tranquil base for tree grown from seeds that went to the moon |work=[[The Birmingham News]] |url=https://www.al.com/spotnews/2011/02/40_years_after_splashdown_birm.html |access-date=June 20, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Montgomery, Alabama|Montgomery]]||{{flaglist|Alabama}}||[[Alabama State Capitol|Alabama State Capitol Building]]||Loblolly Pine
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |April 1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shryock |first=John |date=July 19, 2019 |title=Have you ever seen Montgomery's 'Moon Tree'? |work=[[WSFA|WSFA-12]] |url=https://www.wsfa.com/2019/07/19/have-you-ever-seen-montgomerys-moon-tree/ |access-date=June 20, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[North Pembroke, Massachusetts|North Pembroke]]||{{flaglist|Massachusetts}}||Pembroke Historical Society
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Sycamore †
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |April 1976 ‡
|<ref name=":3" />
|-
|[[Elmer, Louisiana|Elmer]]||{{flaglist|Louisiana}}||Palustris Experiment Station, [[Kisatchie National Forest]]||Loblolly Pine
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |April 1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zeringue |first=Jeff |date=March 4, 2019 |title=Moon tree mystery unsolved, still funny |work=Louisiana Forestry Association |url=https://www.laforestry.com/single-post/2019/03/04/Moon-tree-mystery-unsolved-still-funny |access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]]||{{flaglist|Tennessee}}||Forestry Experiment Station, [[University of Tennessee]]||Loblolly Pine
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |April 1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013 |title=Moon Trees #24 |url=https://tufc.com/project/moon-trees/ |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=Tennessee Urban Forestry Council}}</ref>
|-
|[[Sewanee, Tennessee|Sewanee]]||{{flaglist|Tennessee}}||Woods Laboratories, [[University of the South]]||Sycamore
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |April 1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Priestley |first=Mary |date=Spring 2002 |title=Preserving the Moon Tree and Other Members of the Campus Canopy |volume=6 |pages=1 |work=The Plant Press |publisher=[[Sewanee: The University of the South]] |issue=2 |url=https://new.sewanee.edu/files/resources/v6-n2.pdf |access-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Elizabethton, Tennessee|Elizabethton]]
|{{flaglist|Tennessee}}
|[[Fort Watauga]], [[Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Sycamore †
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |April 1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zepp |first=Louise |title=Trees of Note |url=https://digital.tnconservationist.org/publication/?i=642292&article_id=3561568 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=The Tennessee Conservationist}}</ref>
|-
|[[Tullahoma, Tennessee|Tullahoma]]||{{flaglist|Tennessee}}||[[Arnold Air Force Base]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Loblolly Pine †
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |April 1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 4, 2021 |title=Tennessee's four moon trees |url=https://noogatoday.6amcity.com/moon-trees-tn/ |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=NOOGAtoday}}</ref>
|-
|[[Olympia, Washington|Olympia]]||{{flaglist|Washington}}||[[Washington State Capitol|Washington State Capitol Building]]||Douglas Fir
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |April 1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Erickson |first=Annie |date=March 13, 2020 |title=Olympia's Moon Tree just had triplets |work=[[KING-TV]] |url=https://www.king5.com/article/tech/science/environment/moon-tree-washington-state-olympia/281-2ff5d4cd-2b54-44df-9047-76b5c12fe615 |access-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Albuquerque, New Mexico|Albuquerque]]||{{flaglist|New Mexico}}||Harry E. Kinney Civic Plaza
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Douglas Fir †
|April 7, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 23, 2019 |title=New Mexico's 'moon trees' planted after Apollo 14 are lost |work=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/fa2b76b108eb4503bf133514bee75aa0 |access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Indianapolis]]||{{flaglist|Indiana}}||[[Indiana Statehouse]]||Sycamore||April 9, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Smith |first=Casey |date=July 18, 2019 |title=Across Indiana, trees are growing from seeds that went to the Moon. Here's where you can find them. |work=[[The Indianapolis Star]] |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2019/07/18/indianas-moon-tree-seeds-made-their-way-space-and-back/1629114001/ |access-date=June 26, 2022 |quote=On the east lawn of the Statehouse in Indianapolis, a Sycamore was planted on April 9, 1976.}}</ref>
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|[[Lansing, Michigan|Lansing]]||{{flaglist|Michigan}}||[[Michigan State Capitol|Michigan State Capitol Building]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Sycamore †
|April 22, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 23, 1976 |title=Moon Tree Planted, Removed |pages=7 |work=[[Ironwood Daily Globe]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34076521/moon-tree-at-state-capital-lawn/ |access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Wyoming, Michigan|Wyoming]]
|{{flaglist|Michigan}}
|Wyoming Police Department
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Sycamore †
|April 23, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Estep |first=Darin |date=August 26, 2009 |title=Wyoming gets second generation 'moon tree' to replace sycamore grown from Apollo 14 seeds |work=[[Booth Newspapers|MLive.com]] |url=https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2009/08/wyoming_gets_second_generation.html |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Niles, Michigan|Niles]]
|{{flaglist|Michigan}}
|[[Fernwood Botanical Garden and Nature Preserve|Fernwood Botanical Gardens and Nature Preserve]]
|Sycamore
|April 23, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Clark |first=Christina |date=February 4, 2021 |title=Niles 'moon tree' celebrates 50 years |work=Leader Publications |url=https://www.leaderpub.com/2021/02/04/niles-moon-tree-celebrates-50-years/ |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Salt Lake City]]
|{{Flaglist|Utah}}
|[[Utah State Capitol|Utah State Capitol Building]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Douglas Fir †
|April 28, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 29, 1976 |title=Rampton Views 'Million Trees' |pages=18 |work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]] |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_trees/salt_lake_city_utah_tree_article_19760429.jpg |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]]||{{flaglist|Arizona}}||Frances Short Pond, formerly Flagstaff Junior High School
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Douglas Fir †
|April 30, 1976||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Houk |first=Rose |date=July 7, 2021 |title=Earth Notes: Southwestern Douglas-Fir Trees |url=https://www.knau.org/earth-notes/2021-07-07/earth-notes-southwestern-douglas-fir-trees |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=[[KNAU]] |quote=In 1976, a Douglas-fir tree was planted by the Frances Short Pond in Flagstaff.}}</ref>
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|[[Tucson, Arizona|Tucson]]||{{flaglist|Arizona}}||Kuiper Space Sciences Building, [[University of Arizona]]||Sycamore
|April 30, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Desrochers |first=Daniel |date=September 29, 2015 |title=UA's moon tree struggles in dry climate |work=[[Arizona Daily Star]] |url=https://tucson.com/news/science/uas-moon-tree-struggles-in-dry-climate/article_fc15d0a9-a5c8-5b44-a791-18fa47cb37ce.html |access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
|{{Flaglist|Iowa}}
|[[Iowa State Capitol|Iowa State Capitol Building]]
|Sycamore
|April 30, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 26, 1976 |title='Moon seedling' part of state's Arbor Day fete |work=[[The Daily Nonpareil]] |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_trees/des_moines_tree_article_19760426.jpg |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Middletown Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania|Middletown]]||{{flaglist|Pennsylvania}}||[[Core Creek Park]]||Sycamore||April 30, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sofield |first=Tom |date=July 20, 2018 |title='Moon Tree' At Core Creek Park Lives Up To Out-Of-This-World Name |work=LevittownNow |url=https://levittownnow.com/2018/07/20/moon-tree-at-core-creek-park-lives-up-to-its-out-of-this-world-name/ |access-date=July 14, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Salem, Oregon|Salem]]||{{flaglist|Oregon}}||[[Oregon State Capitol|Oregon State Capitol Building]]
|Douglas Fir||April 30, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Schneider |first=Will |date=April 30, 2017 |title=Salem Moon Tree |work=Public History PDX |publisher=[[Portland State University]] |url=http://publichistorypdx.org/2017/04/30/salem-moon-tree/ |access-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Hampton, Virginia|Hampton]]
|{{Flaglist|Virginia}}
|Albert W. Patrick III, Elementary School
|Sycamore
|April 30, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stark |first=Georgina |date=June 14, 2006 |title=Seeds went to space; tree went to Hampton |work=[[Daily Press (Virginia)|Daily Press]] |url=http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-48975sy0jun14%2C0%2C2029133.story?coll=dp-news-local-final |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060618060309/http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-48975sy0jun14,0,2029133.story?coll=dp-news-local-final |archive-date=June 18, 2006}}</ref>
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|[[Arcata, California|Arcata]]||{{flaglist|California}}||[[California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt]]||3 Redwoods
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |May 1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 8, 2009 |title=Unraveling the Moon Tree Mystery |publisher=[[California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt]] |url=https://now.humboldt.edu/news/unravling-the-moon-tree-mystery |access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref>
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| [[Athens, Georgia|Athens]]||{{flaglist|Georgia (U.S. state)|name=Georgia}}|| Athens-Clarke County Planning Department||Loblolly Pine
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |May 1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 2021 |title=Moon Tree |url=https://www.accgov.com/10038/Moon-Tree |access-date=June 23, 2022 |website=Athens-Clarke County Website}}</ref>
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|[[Lincoln City, Indiana|Lincoln City]]||{{flaglist|Indiana}}||[[Lincoln State Park]]||Sycamore||May 1, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 22, 2020 |title=Moon Tree Continues to Thrive at Lincoln State Park |work=Friends of Lincoln State Park |url=https://lspfriends.com/index.php/2020/06/22/moon-tree/ |access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Roseburg, Oregon|Roseburg]]||{{flaglist|Oregon}}||Roseburg Veteran Affairs Medical Center
|Douglas Fir||May 3, 1976||<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 5, 2011 |title=Apollo 14 Moon Trees |url=http://www.highway199.org/history/apollo-14-moon-trees/ |access-date=July 4, 2022 |website=Highway199 |archive-date=March 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320151659/http://www.highway199.org/history/apollo-14-moon-trees/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|[[Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania|Hollidaysburg]]||{{flaglist|Pennsylvania}}||Highland Hall||Sycamore||May 5, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Crumrine |first=Chad |date=June 30, 2022 |title=Hollidaysburg 'Moon Tree' Symbol of American History |work=Morrisons Cove Herald |url=https://www.mcheraldonline.com/story/2022/06/30/opinion/hollidaysburg-moon-tree-symbol-of-american-history/11893.html |access-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Boise, Idaho|Boise]]
|{{flaglist|Idaho}}
|[[Idaho State Capitol|Idaho State Capitol Building]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Douglas Fir †
|May 7, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 3, 2022 |title=Idaho Capitol Tree |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_trees/idaho_capitol_tree.html |access-date=June 26, 2022 |website=Goddard Space Flight Center |publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
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|[[Capitan, New Mexico|Capitan]]
|{{flaglist|New Mexico}}
|Smokey Bear State Park
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Sycamore †
|May 15, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2012 |title=Smokey Bear to Celebrate 68th Birthday at Mission Control |url=https://www.nasa.gov/home/hqnews/2012/aug/HQ_12-266_Smokey_Bear_BD.html |access-date=August 24, 2022 |publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
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|[[Topton, Pennsylvania|Topton]]
|{{flaglist|Pennsylvania}}
|Borough Hall
|Sycamore
|June 20, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=Sunday, June 20, 1976: Opening Day |pages=14 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_trees/topton_article_1.jpg |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Cape Canaveral, Florida|Cape Canaveral]]||{{flaglist|Florida}}||[[Kennedy Space Center]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Sycamore †
|June 25, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kelly |first=Emre |date=September 21, 2017 |title='Moon Tree' that traveled on Apollo mission and planted at KSC toppled by Hurricane Irma |work=[[Florida Today]] |url=https://www.floridatoday.com/story/tech/science/space/2017/09/21/nasa-apollo-moon-tree-toppled-hurricane-irma-kennedy-space-center-visitor-complex-florida/688689001/ |access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Ebensburg, Pennsylvania|Ebensburg]]||{{flaglist|Pennsylvania}}||[[Cambria County Courthouse]]||Sycamore||June 29, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ramirez |first=Chris |date=February 15, 2011 |title=NASA 'detective' on track of America's 'moon trees' |work=[[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review]] |url=https://archive.triblive.com/news/nasa-detective-on-track-of-americas-moon-trees/ |access-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[King of Prussia, Pennsylvania|King of Prussia]]||{{flaglist|Pennsylvania}}||Lockheed Martin Space Systems Building||Sycamore||June 30, 1976||<ref name=":0" />
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|[[Missoula, Montana|Missoula]]
|{{Flaglist|Montana}}
|University Center Mall, [[University of Montana]]
|Douglas Fir
|July 17, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Moon tree seedling to be planted at University of Montana on Saturday, July 17 |date=July 14, 1976 |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_trees/univ_montana_missoula_tree_release.pdf |access-date=September 13, 2022 |publisher=[[University of Montana]] |location=Missoula, Montana}}</ref>
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|[[New Orleans]]||{{flaglist|Louisiana}}||[[Michoud Assembly Facility|NASA Michoud Assembly Facility]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Loblolly Pine †
|July 20, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pontchartrain |first=Blake |date=July 15, 2019 |title=How trees that traveled to the moon and back came to live in Louis Armstrong Park |work=[[Gambit (newspaper)|The Gambit]] |url=https://www.nola.com/gambit/new_orleans/news/blake_pontchartrain/article_336db444-7cf8-56ab-a060-17238aa9aa6b.html |access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Santa Fe, New Mexico|Santa Fe]]
|{{flaglist|New Mexico}}
|[[New Mexico State Capitol|New Mexico State Capitol Building]]
|Douglas Fir
|July 22, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 12, 2019 |title=1 of the missing 'moon trees' in New Mexico believed found |work=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://apnews.com/article/e889183f7b444397bef1c27e51704749 |access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Atchison, Kansas|Atchison]]||{{flaglist|Kansas}}||[[International Forest of Friendship]]||Sycamore||July 24, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wenner |first=Anna |date=February 18, 2011 |title='Moon tree' at home in Atchison |work=[[The Topeka Capital-Journal]] |url=https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/2011/02/18/moon-tree-home-atchison/16475745007/ |access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Berkeley, California|Berkeley]]||{{flaglist|California}}||Northwest area of Tilden Nature Area||2 Redwoods||July 26, 1976||<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Brien |first=Matt |date=December 14, 2016 |title='Moon trees' mark Tilden Regional Park |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/11/27/moon-trees-mark-tilden-regional-park/ |access-date=April 29, 2021 |website=[[The Mercury News]] |language=}}</ref>
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|[[Monterey, California|Monterey]]||{{flaglist|California}}||Friendly Plaza, near [[Colton Hall]]||Redwood||July 27, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Skvor |first=Gabriel |date=May 16, 2013 |title=Forty years ago a Monterey resident orbited the moon with the Apollo 14 astronauts. |work=Monterey County Weekly |url=https://www.montereycountyweekly.com/news/831_tales/forty-years-ago-a-monterey-resident-orbited-the-moon-with-the-apollo-14-astronauts/article_44202c04-6d12-5f72-84b7-03ae844a7f94.html |access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Steubenville, Ohio|Steubenville]]||{{flaglist|Ohio}}||Friendship Park
|Sycamore||July 29, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jankowski |first=Bob |title=Moon Seedling Planted |work=Herald-Star |publication-place=Steubenville, Ohio |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_trees/friendship_park_tree.html |access-date=July 4, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa|San Luis Obispo]]||{{flaglist|California}}||Mission Plaza
|Redwood||July 30, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 22, 2019 |title=A tree in SLO County orbited the moon — yes, really |work=San Luis Obispo |url=https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/article215604450.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=June 21, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Troy, Alabama|Troy]]||{{flaglist|Alabama}}||Pioneer Museum of Alabama
|Loblolly Pine||August 5, 1976||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Treadwell |first=Jaine |date=July 20, 2019 |title=MOON TREE: Pioneer Museum among select sites for special tree |url=https://www.troymessenger.com/2019/07/20/moon-tree-pioneer-museum-among-select-sites-for-special-tree/ |access-date=June 20, 2022 |website=Troy Messenger}}</ref>
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|[[Silver City, New Mexico|Silver City]]||{{flaglist|New Mexico}}||Gough Park||Sycamore||August 14, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 14, 1976 |title='Moon Tree' Dedication Here Sunday' |pages=1 |work=[[Silver City Daily Press and Independent|Silver City Daily Press]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/38674710/?clipping_id=34076574 |access-date=August 22, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Alamogordo, New Mexico|Alamogordo]]
|{{flaglist|New Mexico}}
|[[New Mexico Museum of Space History]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Sycamore †
|October 5, 1976
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilham |first=T.J. |date=July 19, 2019 |title=Are New Mexico's moon trees still alive? |work=[[KOAT-TV]] |url=https://www.koat.com/article/are-new-mexicos-moon-trees-still-alive/28452822# |access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Brevard, North Carolina|Brevard]]||{{flaglist|North Carolina}}||Cradle of Forestry, [[Pisgah National Forest]]||Sycamore||October 18, 1976||<ref>Multiple sources:
*{{Cite news |date=October 16, 1976 |title=Festivals, Politics, Meetings On Schedule |pages=9 |work=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-asheville-times-festivals-politics/126338550/ |access-date=August 2, 2023 |quote=... a moon tree will be planted Monday in memory of Dr. Carl Schenk.}}
*{{Cite news |date=October 18, 1976 |title=German Visitors Pay Tribute To Pioneer Forester |pages=19 |work=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]] |publisher=[[Gannett]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-asheville-times-german-visitors-pay/126338791/ |access-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref>
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|[[Tuscumbia, Alabama|Tuscumbia]]||{{flaglist|Alabama}}||[[Ivy Green]], historic monument and birthplace of [[Helen Keller]]
|Loblolly Pine||October 19, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Corey |first=Russ |date=July 28, 2019 |title=Moon tree remains an attraction at Ivy Gree |work=[[TimesDaily]] |url=https://www.timesdaily.com/news/moon-tree-remains-an-attraction-at-ivy-green/article_733e4b95-4952-5787-b53d-636a80f57321.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=June 20, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Auburn, Alabama|Auburn]]||{{flaglist|Alabama}}||G.W. Andrews Forestry Sciences Lab, [[Auburn University]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Loblolly Pine †
|October 22, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eastwood |first=Jon |date=July 6, 2019 |title=Grown from a seed that orbited the Moon in 1971. See Birmingham Botanical Gardens' Moon Tree. |work=Bham Now |url=https://bhamnow.com/2019/06/04/birmingham-alabama-moon-tree/ |access-date=June 20, 2022 |quote=Alabama had five Moon Trees. Four are still alive. Auburn University, G.W Andrews Forestry Sciences Lab.}}</ref>
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|[[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]]||{{flaglist|Alabama}}||[[U.S. Space and Rocket Center]]||5 Sycamores, 2 Pines *||October 29, 1976||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Carter |first=Jamie |date=February 5, 2021 |title=Have You Ever Seen A 'Moon Tree?' Where You Can See A Curious Legacy Of NASA's Apollo Missions 50 Years On |work=[[Forbes]] |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamiecartereurope/2021/02/05/have-you-ever-seen-a-moon-tree-where-you-can-see-this-curious-legacy-of-nasas-apollo-missions-50-years-later/ |access-date=August 24, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Tuskegee, Alabama|Tuskegee]]||{{flaglist|Alabama}}||Veteran Affairs Hospital (CAVHCS)
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" | Loblolly Pine †
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" | 1976 ‡
|<ref name=":2" />
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|[[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]||{{flaglist|California}}||[[California State Capitol|California State Capitol Building]]
|Redwood
||April 21, 1976 
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=David |title=Capitol Park Moon Tree |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_trees/sacramento_tree.html |website=NSSDCA |publisher=NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive |access-date=February 17, 2024}}</ref>
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|[[El Dorado Hills, California|El Dorado Hills]]
|{{flaglist|California}}
|St. Stephen's Lutheran Church
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Redwood †
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nobert |first=Matthew |date=July 23, 2022 |title=The 'Moon Tree' at Capitol Park is a monument to a US Forest Service smokejumper |work=[[KTXL|Fox News 40]] |url=https://fox40.com/news/local-news/moon-tree-capitol-park-sacramento/ |access-date=September 13, 2022 |quote=However, one of the moon trees may have been planted in El Dorado Hills.}}</ref>
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|[[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]]||{{flaglist|Florida}}||Florida Department of Agriculture||Loblolly Pine
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davidson-Hiers |first=CD |date=July 16, 2019 |title=Bark side of the moon: Seeds from Apollo 14 mission rooted in Tallahassee |work=[[Tallahassee Democrat]] |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/2019/07/17/seeds-trees-orbited-moon-rooted-capital-city/1733042001/ |access-date=June 23, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Waycross, Georgia|Waycross]]||{{flaglist|Georgia (U.S. state)|name=Georgia}}||Okefenokee Regional Educational Service Agency||Loblolly Pine
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ford |first=Wayne |date=January 15, 2021 |title=As a seed, it orbited the moon on Apollo 14. 50 years later, this Athens pine is 'thriving' |work=[[Athens Banner-Herald]] |url=https://www.onlineathens.com/story/news/2021/01/15/athens-moon-tree-one-only-two-came-apollo-14-seeds-nasa-georgia/4161543001/ |access-date=June 23, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Cannelton, Indiana|Cannelton]]||{{flaglist|Indiana}}||Girl Scouts Camp Koch||Sycamore
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1976 ‡
|<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Zuckerman |first=Catherine |date=July 8, 2019 |title=Trees that traveled to space now live on Earth. Here's where to find them. |work=[[National Geographic]] |url=https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/moon-trees-that-traveled-to-space-now-live-on-earth-where-are-they-now |access-date=June 26, 2022 |url-access=registration}}</ref>
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|[[Tell City, Indiana|Tell City]]||{{flaglist|Indiana}}||Hoosier National Forest Service Office||2 Sweetgums
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sutter |first=Chris |date=July 12, 2021 |title='Moon trees' attracting visitors to southern Indiana decades after a trip to space |work=[[WDRB|WDRB News]] |url=https://www.wdrb.com/news/moon-trees-attracting-visitors-to-southern-indiana-decades-after-a-trip-to-space/article_31e54cae-e340-11eb-83ae-2f0a5a04b721.html |access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref> 
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|[[Monmouth County, New Jersey|Monmouth]]||{{flaglist|New Jersey}}||[[Monmouth County Courthouse]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Sycamore †
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 11, 1976 |title=Moon tree readied for courthouse site |pages=17 |work=Daily Register |publication-place=Shrewsbury, New Jersey |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_trees/monmouth_nj_tree.html |access-date=July 4, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Clyde, North Carolina|Clyde]]
|{{Flaglist|North Carolina}}
|Disc Golf Course, [[Haywood Community College]]
|Sycamore
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Cusick |first=Dawn |date=April 25, 2022 |title=Space star honored at Earth Day celebrations |work=[[The Mountaineer]] |url=https://www.themountaineer.com/life/space-star-honored-at-earth-day-celebrations/article_a28201ea-c248-11ec-9660-73d586a11d5a.html |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Draper, Utah|Draper]]
|{{Flaglist|Utah}}
|Lone Peak Conservation Center
|Sycamore
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Walker |first=Colby |date=September 14, 2020 |title=Utah's lone surviving Moon Tree faces uncertain future |work=[[KSL (radio network)|KSL NewsRadio]] |url=https://kslnewsradio.com/1929595/utahs-lone-surviving-moon-tree-faces-uncertain-future/ |access-date=September 13, 2020}}</ref>
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|[[Columbus, Ohio|Columbus]]
|{{Flaglist|Ohio}}
|[[Franklin Park Conservatory]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Sycamore †
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bradshaw |first=James |date=August 7, 1982 |title='Moon tree' to take root in city park |pages=10 |work=[[The Columbus Dispatch]] |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_trees/columbus_dispatch_19820807_moon_tree.jpg |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Corvallis, Oregon|Corvallis]]||{{flaglist|Oregon}}||Peavy Hall, [[Oregon State University]]
|Douglas Fir
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=DeWitt |first=Joce |date=October 11, 2012 |title=OSU recognizes Moon Tree as living history |work=[[Corvallis Gazette-Times]] |url=https://www.gazettetimes.com/news/local/osu-recognizes-moon-tree-as-living-history/article_70fae514-133f-11e2-bad3-001a4bcf887a.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 7, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Cave Junction, Oregon|Cave Junction]]||{{flaglist|Oregon}}||Siskiyou Smokejumper Base, [[Illinois Valley Airport]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Douglas Fir †
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Moon Tree Run 5k |url=https://siskiyousmokejumpermuseum.org/moon-tree-run-5k |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191026080515/https://siskiyousmokejumpermuseum.org/moon-tree-run-5k |archive-date=October 26, 2019 |access-date=August 24, 2022 |website=Siskiyou Smokejumper Museum}}</ref>
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|[[Eugene, Oregon|Eugene]]||{{flaglist|Oregon}}||[[Erb Memorial Union]], [[University of Oregon]]||Douglas Fir
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Davies |first=Sararosa |date=November 7, 2018 |title=To space and back: The story of UO's 'Moon Tree' |work=[[Daily Emerald]] |url=https://www.dailyemerald.com/arts-culture/to-space-and-back-the-story-of-uo-s-moon/article_dc326c49-82ff-5c65-8524-a3d8ab0ca813.html |access-date=July 4, 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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|[[Doswell, Virginia|Doswell]]||{{flaglist|Virginia}}||[[Kings Dominion|Kings Dominion Amusement Park]]||2 Sycamores (1 dead)
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1976 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Morrison |first=Julee |date=December 6, 2017 |title=The Moon Tree That Orbited the Moon 34 Times |work=[[HuffPost]] |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-moon-tree-that-orbite_b_9837820 |access-date=August 7, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Washington, D.C.]]||{{flaglist|District of Columbia}}||[[White House Rose Garden|Rose Garden]], [[White House]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" | Loblolly Pine †
|January 19, 1977||<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |date=April 30, 2021 |title=Celebrating Moon Trees on Arbor Day |url=https://www.nasa.gov/feature/celebrating-moon-trees-on-arbor-day |access-date=August 28, 2022 |publisher=[[NASA]]}}</ref>
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|[[San Dimas, California|San Dimas]]
|{{Flaglist|California}}
|San Dimas Technology and Development Center
|Redwood
|March 29, 1977
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Millan |first=Monique |date=May 16, 2014 |title=A Moon-Circling Sequoia Puts Down Roots in San Dimas |work=La Verne Magazine |url=https://lavernemagazine.org/2014/05/one-trees-joy-ride/ |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Gainesville, Florida|Gainesville]]||{{flaglist|Florida}}||[[University of Florida]]||Sycamore
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1977 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Arndorfer |first=Bob |date=October 3, 2005 |title=Tracing the history of UF's moon tree |work=[[The Gainesville Sun]] |url=https://www.gainesville.com/article/LK/20051003/news/604183518/GS/ |url-status=dead |access-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325050842/https://www.gainesville.com/article/LK/20051003/news/604183518/GS/ |archive-date=March 25, 2021}}</ref>
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|[[Boise, Idaho|Boise]]||{{flaglist|Idaho}}||Lowell Elementary School||Loblolly Pine
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1977 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite video |url=https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/local/article74684302.html |title=This Boise Tree Has Been To The Moon And Back |date=February 7, 2018 |type=Video |publisher=[[Idaho Statesman]]}}</ref>
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|[[Greenbelt, Maryland|Greenbelt]]||{{flaglist|Maryland}}||[[Goddard Space Flight Center]]||Sycamore||June 9, 1977||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Foster |first=Jim |date=September 18, 2002 |title=Moon Tree |url=https://epod.usra.edu/blog/2002/09/moon-tree.html |access-date=June 28, 2022 |website=[[Universities Space Research Association]]}}</ref>
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|[[Perry, Florida|Perry]]||{{flaglist|Florida}}||[[Forest Capital Museum State Park]]||Loblolly Pine||April 29, 1978||<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 22, 2011 |title=Seedling traveled 250,000 miles to moon and back |pages=3 |work=Perry News-Herald |url=https://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00028293/00352/images/2 |access-date=June 22, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Hamilton, Virginia|Hamilton]]
|{{flaglist|Virginia}}
|Scott Jenkins Memorial Park
|Sweetgum
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |September 1978 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Keisman |first=Anne |date=May 17, 2005 |title=Moon tree flourishes in Loudoun |work=[[Loudoun Times-Mirror]] |url=http://www.zwire.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=14543914&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506035&rfi=6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060910183242/http://www.zwire.com/site/tab1.cfm?newsid=14543914&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506035&rfi=6 |archive-date=September 10, 2006}}</ref>
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|[[Westlake, Texas|Westlake]]
|{{flaglist|Texas}}
|Private Residence
|Sycamore
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1978 ‡
|<ref name=":4" />
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|[[Lockeford, California|Lockeford]]
|{{flaglist|California}}
|Lockeford Plant Materials Center
|Redwood
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1979 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Forgione |first=Mary |date=July 20, 2019 |title=Where to find California's moon trees, grown from seeds taken aboard an Apollo mission |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/travel/story/2019-07-19/california-moon-trees |access-date=June 21, 2022 |quote=[A]nd at least one at a Forest Service site in Lockeford.}}</ref>
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|[[Dillsburg, Pennsylvania|Dillsburg]]
|{{Flaglist|Pennsylvania}}
|Dillsburg Elementary School
|Sycamore
|April 29, 1983
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nichols |first=Kendra |date=May 4, 2021 |title=Arbor Day highlights York County's Moon Tree |work=[[WHTM-TV|ABC27]] |url=https://www.abc27.com/local-news/york/arbor-day-highlights-york-countys-moon-tree/ |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[New Orleans]]||{{flaglist|Louisiana}}||New Orleans River Walk
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Loblolly Pine †
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |June 1983 ‡
|<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |last=Hester |first=Jessica Leigh |date=February 1, 2019 |title=Whatever Happened to All the Moon Trees? |work=[[Atlas Obscura]] |url=https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-happened-to-moon-trees |access-date=June 26, 2022 |quote=In New Orleans, for instance, a Moon pine was removed after sustaining damage in Hurricane Katrina.}}</ref>
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|[[Holliston, Massachusetts|Holliston]]||{{flaglist|Massachusetts}}||Holliston Police Station
|Sycamore
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1982 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hosmer |first=Kerri |date=July 26, 1998 |title=From the Moon to Holliston |work=[[The MetroWest Daily News|Middlesex News]] |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_trees/holliston_tree.html}}</ref>
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|[[Keystone Heights, Florida|Keystone Heights]]||{{flaglist|Florida}}||Keystone Heights Library||Sycamore
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |1984 ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Sealey |first=Jean |date=February 6, 2015 |title=Keystone Heights enjoys link to Apollo 14 mission |work=[[The Florida Times-Union]] |url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/2015/02/06/keystone-heights-enjoys-link-apollo-14-mission/15650075007/ |access-date=June 22, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Plano, Texas|Plano]]||{{flaglist|Texas}}||[[Plano Senior High School]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Sycamore †
|November 4, 2009||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Nguyen |first=Kim |date=November 8, 2013 |orig-date=November 5, 2009 |title=From the lunar orbit to Plano, moon tree puts down roots |work=Plano Star Courier |url=https://starlocalmedia.com/planocourier/news/from-the-lunar-orbit-to-plano-moon-tree-puts-down-roots/article_156c7833-461b-5640-9e61-f6bdef93a940.html |access-date=August 28, 2022}}</ref>
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|[[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee]]||{{flaglist|Florida}}||[[Cascades Park (Tallahassee)|Cascades Park]]||Sycamore
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |''Unknown'' ‡||<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.tallahassee.com/picture-gallery/news/2019/07/16/meet-tallahassees-moon-trees/1746357001/ |title=Meet Tallahassee's 'moon trees' |date=July 16, 2019 |access-date=June 22, 2022 |website=[[Tallahassee Democrat]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow]]||{{flaglist|Idaho}}||Administration Building, [[University of Idaho]]
| style="background:#FFCCCC;" |Sycamore †
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |''Unknown'' ‡||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brockett |first=Bailey |date=July 22, 2022 |title=Local Legends: Recalling Moscow's moon tree |work=[[Lewiston Morning Tribune]] |url=https://lmtribune.com/a_and_e/local-legends-recalling-moscow-s-moon-tree/article_77dc69d4-aa12-5153-8d3b-77e20ecc50b5.html |access-date=June 23, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Waynesboro, Mississippi|Waynesboro]]||{{flaglist|Mississippi}}||Forestry Commission Nursery
|Sycamore|| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |''Unknown'' ‡||<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=June 11, 2019 |title=Astronauts Took Seeds to the Moon, Here's Where You Can Find Moon Trees in the U.S. |work=[[Rare (website)|Rare – America's News Feed]] |url=https://rare.us/rare-life/moon-trees-nasa/ |access-date=August 7, 2022 |archive-date=December 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205150448/https://rare.us/rare-life/moon-trees-nasa/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|-
|[[De Soto, Missouri|DeSoto]]||{{flaglist|Missouri}}||Walthers Park
|Sycamore|| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |''Unknown'' ‡||<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 19, 2019 |title=Moon Trees and Space Gums |url=https://discoverandshare.org/2019/07/19/moon-trees-and-space-gums/ |access-date=August 7, 2022 |publisher=[[Missouri Botanical Garden]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Elkton, Oregon|Elkton]]
|{{Flaglist|Oregon}}
|D.L. Phipps State Forest Nursery
|Douglas Fir
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |''Unknown'' ‡
|<ref>{{Cite book |last=Friedman |first=Ralph |title=In Search of Western Oregon |publisher=[[Caxton Press (United States)|Caxton Printers]] |year=1990 |isbn=9780870043321 |location=United States |pages=412 |author-link=Ralph Friedman}}</ref>
|-
|[[Coudersport, Pennsylvania|Coudersport]]
|{{Flaglist|Pennsylvania}}
|Coudersport Area Recreational Park
|Sycamore
| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |''Unknown'' ‡
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kines |first=Halie |date=May 6, 2021 |title=Ceremony honors Coudersport Moon Tree |work=[[Potter Leader-Enterprise]] |url=https://www.tiogapublishing.com/potter_leader_enterprise/news/local/ceremony-honors-coudersport-moon-tree/article_42d48b98-b360-5824-9567-8bc162499cf2.html |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Piedmont, South Carolina|Piedmont]]||{{flaglist|South Carolina}}||Private Residence
|Sycamore|| style="background:#B0D4FF;" |''Unknown'' ‡||<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prelutsky |first=Zach |date=August 29, 2022 |title=Original Moon Tree Still Stands Tall in Upstate |url=https://www.foxcarolina.com/2022/08/30/original-moon-tree-still-stands-tall-upstate/ |access-date=August 30, 2022 |website=[[WHNS|Fox News Carolina]] |publisher=}}</ref>
|}[[Image:Moon Tree in Keystone Heights Florida.jpg|thumb|upright|A Moon Tree in [[Keystone Heights, Florida]]]]
===Other countries===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | City
! scope="col" | Country
! scope="col" | Location
! scope="col" | Species
! scope="col" | Date planted
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|[[Brasília]]||{{Flaglist|Brazil}}||[[Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources|Institute for Environment and Natural Renewable Resources]]||Sweetgum ||January 14, 1980||<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 1980 |title=Vamor salvar uma floresta |language=Portuguese |pages=5 |work=Sinal Verde |url=https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_trees/moontree_jornal_verde.pdf |access-date=September 5, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Santa Rosa, Rio Grande do Sul|Santa Rosa]]||{{Flaglist|Brazil}}|| Soybean Fairgrounds, Parque Municipal de Exposições|| Redwood ||August 18, 1981||<ref>{{Cite news |last=Jenner |first=Andrew |date=October 2, 2017 |title=Brazil's Moon Tree Warrior |work=[[Discover (magazine)|Discover Magazine]] |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/brazils-moon-tree-warrior |access-date=September 13, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|[[Cambará do Sul]]
|{{Flaglist|Brazil}}
|St. Joseph Central Square
|Redwood
|September 26, 1982
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Forner |first=Juliana |date=August 25, 2014 |title=Sequoia de Cambará do Sul pode ser resquício de experiência da Nasa no espaço |language=Portuguese |work=GZH |url=https://gauchazh.clicrbs.com.br/educacao-e-emprego/noticia/2014/08/Sequoia-de-Cambara-do-Sul-pode-ser-resquicio-de-experiencia-da-Nasa-no-espaco-4582648.html |access-date=September 5, 2022}}</ref>
|}

==Artemis Moon Tree Locations==
Distribution of Artemis moon trees began in the spring of 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Low |first1=Lauren E. |title=NASA Finds New Homes for Artemis Generation of ‘Moon Trees’ Across US |url=https://www.nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-finds-new-homes-for-artemis-generation-of-moon-trees-across-us/ |publisher=NASA.gov |access-date=September 4, 2024 |date=April 25, 2024}}</ref>

===United States===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" | City
! scope="col" | State
! scope="col" | Location
! scope="col" | Species
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Date planted
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|[[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]]||{{flaglist|North Carolina}}
|[[North Carolina Executive Mansion]]
|Loblolly Pine
|April 24, 2024
|<ref name="NC_GovernorsMansion">{{cite web |title=NASA begins delivering Artemis Moon Trees to be planted across US |url= http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-042624a-artemis-moon-tree-first-recipients.html|website=Collect Space |date=April 26, 2024|access-date=September 27, 2024}}</ref>

|-
|[[Mount Gilead, North Carolina|Mount Gilead]]||{{flaglist|North Carolina}}
|Mount Gilead Community Garden
|Loblolly Pine
|June 3, 2024
|<ref name="MongtomeryHerald">{{cite web |title=Moon Tree lands in Mt. Gilead |url= https://www.montgomeryherald.com/news/article_ab692bba-28c3-11ef-9131-5f3233d039a3.html|website=Collect Space |date=June 12, 2024|access-date=June 12, 2024}}</ref>

|-
|[[New Canaan, Connecticut|New Canaan]]||{{flaglist|Connecticut}}
|South Elementary School
|Sycamore
|April 27, 2024
|<ref>{{cite web |title=South Elementary School Named Recipient of NASA Moon Tree Seedling |url=https://www.ncps-k12.org/article/1592215 |website=New Canaan Public Schools |publisher=New Canaan Public Schools |access-date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>

|-
|[[Shelbyville, Kentucky|Shelbyville]]||{{flaglist|Kentucky}}
|Collins High School
|Sycamore or Sweetgum
|May 10, 2024
|<ref name="Shelbyville2">{{cite web |title=Collins High School in Shelbyville to receive tree that flew around moon on NASA mission |url=https://www.wdrb.com/news/education/collins-high-school-in-shelbyville-to-receive-tree-that-flew-around-moon-on-nasa-mission/article_8c45679a-071b-11ef-9a15-1b84bc1377e1.html |website=WDRB News |date=April 30, 2024|access-date=September 28, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Shelbyville1">{{cite web |title=Tree that flew around the moon is now planted at a high school in Shelbyville |url= https://www.wdrb.com/news/education/tree-that-flew-around-the-moon-is-now-planted-at-a-high-school-in-shelbyville/article_606dbf22-0f05-11ef-9002-1761a194c38c.html|website=WDRB News |date=May 10, 2024 |access-date=September 28, 2024}}</ref>

|-
|[[New Paltz, New York|New Paltz]]||{{flaglist|New York}}
|[[SUNY New Paltz|SUNY Campus]]
|Sweetgum
|May 23, 2024
|<ref name="NewPaltz">{{cite web |title=SUNY New Paltz selected as one of 50 U.S. sites to plant a NASA Moon Tree |url=https://sites.newpaltz.edu/news/2024/06/suny-new-paltz-moon-tree/ |website=SUNY New Paltz |access-date=September 3, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Erkan |first1=Michael |title=New Paltz Receives An Out of This World Tree |url=https://oracle.newpaltz.edu/moon-tree-lands-at-science-hall/ |website=The Oracle |publisher=SUNY New Paltz |access-date=September 30, 2024 |date=September 25, 2024}}</ref>

|-
|[[Manchester, New Hampshire|Manchester]]||{{flaglist|New Hampshire}}
|Barnstead Elementary School
|Sycamore
|May 24, 2024
|<ref name="Barnstead">{{cite web |title= 'Moon Tree' that flew on the Artemis I mission planted at Barnstead Elementary School |url=https://www.wmur.com/article/moon-tree-space-planted-barnstead-elementary-school/60902887  |website=WMUR  |date=May 25, 2024 |last1=Query |first1=Meg |access-date=September 30, 2024}}</ref>

|-
|[[Tecumseh, Kansas|Tecumseh]]||{{flaglist|Kansas}}
|Tecumseh South Elementary School
| Sweetgum
|May 28, 2024
|<ref name="Tecumseh">{{cite web |title=Northeast Kansas school planted a ‘Moon tree’  
|url=https://www.ksnt.com/news/local-news/northeast-kansas-school-to-plant-moon-tree/
|website=KSNT  |date=May 28, 2024 |last1=Storm |first1=Alyssa |access-date=September 30, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Saldanha-Olson |first1=Stacey |title=NASA Moon Tree was in space for about four weeks in 2022 |url=https://eyeondunn.com/rassbach-museum-moon-tree-dedication |website=cjonline |publisher=The Topeka Capital-Journal |access-date=October 13, 2024 |date=May 29, 2024}}</ref>

|-
|[[Cedar Rapids, Iowa|Cedar Rapids]]||{{flaglist|Iowa}}
|Metro High School
|Sycamore
|May 30, 2024
|<ref name="CedarRapids">{{cite web |title= Metro High marks 50th anniversary with NASA Moon Tree planting |url=https://www.thegazette.com/k/metro-high-marks-50th-anniversary-with-nasa-moon-tree-planting/ |website=The Gazette  |date=May 31, 2024 |last1=King |first1=Grace |access-date=September 30, 2024}}</ref>

|-
|[[Washington, D.C.]]||{{flaglist|District of Columbia}}
|U.S. Capital Building grounds
|Sweetgum
| June 4, 2024
|<ref name="USCapital">{{cite web |last1=Perlman |first1=Robert Z. |title='Most unique tree here:' Artemis Moon Tree planted at US Capitol |url=https://www.space.com/artemis-moon-tree-us-capitol-planting |publisher=Space.com |access-date=September 3, 2024}}</ref>

|-
|[[Menomonie, Wisconsin|Menomonie]]||{{flaglist|Wisconsin}}
| Rassbach Museum
| Sycamore
| June 2024
|  <ref name="Menomonie, WI">{{cite web |last1=Hanson |first1=Steve |title=Rassbach Museum Moon Tree Dedication |url=https://eyeondunn.com/rassbach-museum-moon-tree-dedication |website=Eye on Dunn County |access-date=October 13, 2024 |date=October 4, 2024}}</ref>

|-
|[[Green Cove Springs, Florida|Green Cove Springs]]||{{flaglist|Florida}}
|UF IFAS Clay County Extension Office
|Loblolly Pine
| August 22, 2024
| <ref name="IFAS">{{cite web |last1=Giles |first1=Elaine |title=Landed and Planted! Artemis Moon Tree Seedling Finds Home with Apollo 14 Moon Tree in Clay County, Florida |url=https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/clayco/2024/09/04/landed-and-planted-artemis-moon-tree-seedling-finds-home-with-apollo-14-moon-tree-in-clay-county-florida/ |website=IFAS Blogs |publisher=University of Florida IFAS |access-date=October 13, 2024 |date=September 4, 2024}}</ref>

|-
|[[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]]||{{flaglist|Pennsylvania}}
|Allegheny Observatory, Riverside Park
|Sweetgum
| October 3, 2024
|  <ref>{{cite web |last1=Swift |first1=Megan |title=Spacefaring tree takes root at Pittsburgh's Riverview Park |url=https://triblive.com/local/spacefaring-tree-takes-root-at-pittsburghs-riverview-park/ |website=Trib Live |publisher=Trib Total Media |access-date=October 8, 2024 |date=October 8, 2024}}</ref>

|-
|[[Young Harris, Georgia|Young Harris]]||{{Flaglist|Georgia (U.S. state)|name=Georgia}}
|[[Young Harris College]]
|Loblolly Pine
| October 29, 2024
|  <ref>{{Cite news |date=November 13, 2024 |title='Moon Tree' planted on campus |work=[[Cherokee Scout]] |publisher=[[Community Newspapers Inc.]] |location=Murphy, NC |page=8B}}</ref>
|-
|[[West Windsor, New Jersey|West Windsor]]||{{flaglist|New Jersey}}
|[[West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South]]
|Sweetgum
|2024
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 31, 2024 |title=Artemis I Moon Tree Stewards - NASA |url=https://www.nasa.gov/learning-resources/artemis-i-moon-tree-stewards/ |access-date=December 4, 2024 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 8, 2024 |title=West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District (Official Facebook Page) |url=https://www.facebook.com/WWP.Schools/posts/pfbid0352XMtASfyZgaNDmYMQSQT33Aa4vJ1jwvh6kgpYwFLP1UDGa3cfZeEPd2KkGWzAnbl |access-date=December 4, 2024 |website=}}</ref>
|-
|[[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]]||{{flaglist|Alabama}}
|[[Monte Sano State Park]]
|Loblolly Pine
|March 20, 2025
|<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wuest |first=AJ |date=March 20, 2025 |title='Moon Tree' dedicated at Monte Sano State Park |work=[[WAFF (TV)|WAFF]] |url=https://www.waff.com/2025/03/20/moon-tree-dedicated-monte-sano-state-park/ |access-date=March 24, 2025}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Moon rock]]
* [[Astrobotany]]
* [[List of individual trees]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/lunar/moon_tree.html The Moon Trees], ''NASA Goddard Space Flight Center''
* [http://www.moontreefoundation.org/ ''Moon Tree Foundation'']
* [https://foresthistory.org/houston-we-have-moon-trees/ "Houston, We Have Moon Trees"]. Peeling Back the Bark blog, ''The [[Forest History Society]]''.

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