Tree Information
Common Name: silky dogwood
Scientific Name: Cornus amomum
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 1836
Status: legacy
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Circumference: 11 in.
Height: 21 ft.
Crown: 25 ft.
Points: 38
Date Last Measured: 2011
Last Measured by: Byron Carmean, Gary Williamson
Date First Measured: 2011
Comments: Efforts to locate the tree in 2022 were unsuccessful, but death was not confirmed.
2011 comments: The tree appears healthy and protected. Beavers are its worse threat.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Surry
Land Owner: State of Virginia - Dept. of Conservation and Recreation
GPS Coordinates: 37.13276, -76.71277
Directions: Chippokes Plantation State Park. The floodplain of large ravine east of mansion which flows into lower Chippokes creek.
Owner Address: 695 Chippokes Park Road
Surry, VA 23883
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, Gary Williamson
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