Tree Information
Common Name: white ash
Scientific Name: Fraxinus americana
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 2022
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: yes
Circumference: 255 in.
Height: 97 ft.
Crown: 78 ft.
Points: 372
Date Last Measured: 2023
Last Measured by: Alex Adams
Date First Measured: 2013
Comments:
2023 comments: The tree is healthy and sound. It is being treated for emerald ash borer as evident by plastic injection holes in the trunk flare. This ash and the neighboring oak are competing for canopy space.
2013 comments: Double-stemmed specimen that forks above chest height. Measured by Byron Carmean, Gary Williamson, and Jeff Kirwan at 242", 96', 93', 361 points.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Wythe
Land Owner: West End Cemetery
GPS Coordinates: 36.941995, -81.119020
Directions: West End Cemetery, Wytheville, VA next to mausoleum. A mature white oak grows next to the ash.
Owner Address: 1825 W Lee Hwy
Wytheville, VA 24382
Contact Information
Contact Name: Eric Wiseman
Contact Email: vabigtree@vt.edu
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean, Jeff Kirwan, and Gary Williamson