Toothache tree added to Champion Tree list
Paula Vizinat stands next to the Louisiana Champion Hercules Club tree, also known as the toothache tree for its numbing properties if bark or leaf is chewed, with her English Setters Patch, from left, and Luz. The tree is on property that has been in Vizinat's family for decades. (Submitted photo) Sometimes landowners find a nugget of interest in their forest that they never knew was there. For Paula Vizinat, it was the toothache tree. The Hercules Club, Zanthoxylum clava-he
New red maple champion in Caldwell
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Champion yaupon found along Red River
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New champion trees make state's list
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Red mulberry in Lafayette new state champ
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