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‘I'll say one word: Stumpy!' DC's favorite cherry tree gets NPS shoutout
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‘I'll say one word: Stumpy!' DC's favorite cherry tree gets NPS shoutout

Stumpy, DC’s favorite little cherry tree, got a posthumous shoutout from the National Park Service during the 2025 peak bloom prediction press conference. 

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