Tree Information
Common Name: shellbark hickory
Scientific Name: Carya laciniosa
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 124
Status: alive
National Champion: yes
Virginia Champion: yes
Circumference: 190 in.
Height: 109 ft.
Crown: 112 ft.
Points: 327
Date Last Measured: 2015
Last Measured by: Greg Zell
Date First Measured: 1970
Comments: One of the longest-tenured trees in the Virginia Big Tree Register. Declared national champion in 2018. First nominated in 1970 by chief forest warden Albert B. Settle and measured with assistance of foresters F.D. Kidwell and L.E. Cabell. Original measurements were 164" trunk girth, 101' height, 113' crown spread, 293 points. Remeasured by Albert B. Settle and forester Phil Grimm in 1986 at 174" trunk girth, 105' height, 123' crown spread, 310 points. Remeasured by forester Larry Dunn in 1994 at 175" trunk girth, 108' height, 124' crown spread, 314 points. Remeasured by forester Jonathan Pine in 2006 at 185" trunk girth, 112' height, 104' crown spread, 323 points.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Culpeper
Land Owner: Edward Parrish
GPS Coordinates: 38.59099, -77.95594
Owner Email: Private
Directions: From Culpeper take 229 North, past Hazel River. First right on Little Fork Church Rd. Behind house.
Owner Address: 16104 Little Fork Church Rd.
Rixeyville, VA 22737
Owner Phone: 540-905-3465
Contact Information
Contact Name: Edward Parrish
Contact Address: 16104 Little Fork Church Rd.
Rixeyville, VA 22737
Contact Phone: 540-905-3465
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Albert B. Settle
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