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Goldsboro couple's front yard home to one of the largest pine trees in NC

A newly engaged couple recently moved into a new home on Peachstreet in downtown Goldsboro. They had no idea that their front yard was home to one of the state's largest loblolly pines.

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Goldsboro couple's pine tree one of the largest on record
By
Maggie Brown
, WRAL multiplatform producer
GOLDSBORO, N.C. — A newly engaged couple moved into a home on Peachstreet in downtown Goldsboro last year. They had no idea that their front yard was home to one of the state's largest loblolly pines.

Brandon Scott and Carlton Edmundson, who both grew up in Wayne County, decided to call the North Carolina Forest Service in Goldsboro to have them measure the tree's massive trunk.

Goldsboro couple's pine tree one of largest ever recorded

Officials determined that tree's circumference was 13.6 feet, and the pine stood 84 feet tall. Its crown spread was 77 feet — making it the fifth largest tree recorded in North Carolina.

That's the largest tree every recorded in Wayne County, the newspaper News Argus reported.
Goldsboro couple's pine tree is the largest one recorded in Wayne County, officials said.

"We're going to be to be keeping it on file in case anything happened to the first, second, third or fourth place trees," Scott said.

Forestry officials believe the tree was able to grow so large after it was struck by lightning, Scott said. There's a large scar in the tree, and officials said that the pine was able to heal itself after getting struck.

The loblolly produces hundreds of pine cones a week, he said.

Goldsboro couple's pine tree one of largest ever recorded

"Me and my fiancé actually joke around that [it is a] little bomber because it has almost hit us a few times while we have been working out in the yard," Scott said.

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