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Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Oregon’s Moon Tree

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Salem Moon Tree

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The Moon Tree (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is a Rocky Mountain Douglas-fir raised from a seed carried to the moon by Apollo 14 astronaut Stuart Roosa in 1971. 
Although Roosa was a native of Oklahoma, he was no stranger to Oregon. While in college, he worked summers here as a smoke jumper and as a surveyor.  Roosa [...]