The Big Tree was planted in the late 1880s by Mr. Edgar J. Owens, one of Glendora’s early residents. Botanically named Ficus Macrophylla, it is commonly called Moreton Bay Fig and is named after the Moreton Bay region of Australia, where the species grows naturally. The tree stands 90 feet tall, has a branch spread of 110 feet, a trunk measuring 30 feet in circumference, and an unusual root system covering 1200 square feet of land area.