• 2020 Hackberry
• 2019 American
Hophornbeam
• 2018 Tulip Tree
• 2017 Chestnut Oak
• 2016 'Musashino' Zelkova
• 2015 Yellowwood
• 2014 'Vanessa' Parrotia
• 2013 Live Oak
• 2012 'Accolade' Elm
• 2011 Goldenraintree
• 2010 Redbud
• 2009 Chinkapin Oak
• 2008 Black Tupelo
• 2007 Baldcypress
• 2006 Kentucky Coffeetree
• 2005 'Chanticleer' Pear
• 2004 'Autumn Blaze' Maple
• 2003 'Allee' Lacebark Elm
• 2002 'Heritage' River Birch
• 2001 Bur Oak
• 2000 'Redmond' Linden
• 1999 'Skyline' Honeylocust
• 1998 Swamp White Oak
• 1997 'Ivory Silk' Lilac
• 1996 'Princeton
Sentry' Ginkgo
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These past SMA TOY winners hold up well, but one winner that has
fallen out of favor because of invasiveness and structural problems
is Callery pear and its cultivars—see the 2017 City Trees Roundtable
"Pyrus, We Have a Problem" for a deep exploration of this.
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The adorable Douglas squirrel is an important disseminator of giant sequoia
trees. Image by VJAnderson, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
