Tree Information
Common Name: Chinese privet
Scientific Name: Ligustrum sinense
Native/Naturalized: Naturalized
Database ID: 1639
Status: dead
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Circumference: 78 in.
Height: 28 ft.
Crown: 33 ft.
Points: 114
Date Last Measured: 2010
Last Measured by: Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson
Date First Measured: 2010
Comments:
2023 comments: Based on Google Street View, the tree was cut down sometime between July 2015 and July 2023.
2013 comments: Declared national champion in 2018, but dethroned in 2019 because American Forests no longer recognizes the species as eligible for the national register. Healthy, but hollow and subject to breakage due to wind or ice. Circumference measured at 1.5 ft. above ground.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: City of Chesapeake
Land Owner: Adrian Gutierrez
GPS Coordinates: 36.82159, -76.27781
Directions: Johnson Park section of South Norfolk, at owner's address.
Owner Address: 310 D Street
Chesapeake, VA 23324
Contact Information
Contact Name: Byron Carmean
Contact Email: rockplantrn@gmail.com
Contact Address: 3616 Labrador Ln
Suffolk, VA, 23434
Contact Phone: 757-934-0588
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson
Additional Information
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