His find came close to toppling Bruce Miehe’s western red cedar, which was listed in 1981. Miehe’s tree is 26 feet shorter, but the circumference is nearly 40 inches larger.
The trees are ranked according to a points system that adds the circumference, height and one-quarter of the crown’s average spread. Trees within 15 points of each other are listed as co-champions. Lane’s tree scored a 544, and Miehe’s trees comes in at 555 points.
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