The largest Moreton Bay fig in the state was planted in 1877 on the corner of Chapala and Montecito streets in Santa Barbara.In 1889, Santa Monica city founder John P. Jones planted one on his estate.

The Moreton Bay fig sits next to the Natural History Museum. During the 1915 exposition, the county's exhibition building was where the museum is now.

But the mother of all Moreton Bay fig trees is in Santa Barbara. Though a mere 76 feet tall, the tree has a 172-foot-wide canopy and 12.5-foot trunk.

The park setting next to the Moreton Bay Fig tree in Santa Barbara has reopened. ... The tree is said to be the largest of its kind in the U.S. It was planted in 1876 and has a 38-foot trunk.

Like a doctor doing the daily rounds, Alistair Hay stops and looks up, inspecting one of his patients: a billowing Moreton Bay fig tree, as tall, as wide and as Australian as a cricket pitch, one ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from National. Followed categories will be added to My News. The council has defended the immediate felling of the 140-year-old Moreton Bay fig tree, after ...

The council has defended the immediate felling of the 140-year-old Moreton Bay fig tree, after councillors last night upheld a previous decision to remove it for safety reasons.