Each fall, members of the Society of Municipal Arborists
(SMA) nominate and vote for the SMA Urban Tree of
the Year. Tree species or cultivars of species native to
the U.S. Midwest, South, and East have dominated the
Urban Tree of the Year program in its 25-year history.
For 2021, SMA members in the western states of the
U.S. must have gotten organized; their collective might
pushed the majestic giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron
giganteum) over the finish line. The winner was
announced via a video depicting an imagined cor-
respondence between a western Douglas squirrel,
Douglas, and his eastern gray squirrel cousin, Darlene.
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