62-foot live oak reigns as state champ of species Mammoth in Brazoria is new title holder in Big Tree Registry04/21/2003 Associated Press HOUSTON – The Texas Forest Service on Monday will crown a new state champion live oak, replacing a tree that has held the title as largest of the species since 1966. The oak, located deep within the San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge about 50 miles south of Houston in Brazoria County, is the most recent addition to the state's Big Tree Registry, which has kept a record of the largest of Texas' 250 tree species since the 1940s....