Tree Information

Common Name: black locust

Scientific Name: Robinia pseudoacacia

Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia

Database ID: 2094

Status: alive

National Champion: no

Virginia Champion: yes

Circumference: 175 in.

Height: 74 ft.

Crown: 42 ft.

Points: 260

Date Last Measured: 2023

Last Measured by: Alex Adams, Eric Wiseman

Date First Measured: 2013

Comments:
2023 Comments: Thin canopy, but no major branch dieback. Indicative of a veteran black locust. Very knotty bark with visible fruiting bodies, common for black locusts this old.
2013 Comments: Relatively healthy, but with some dead limbs. Circumference 173 in, height 87 ft, crown 46 ft, 272 points, Bob Vickers.

Top: R. Vickers 2013 Middle & Bottom: E. Wiseman 2023

Location of Tree

Tree is located in: Fairfax

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Land Owner: Bill Kline

GPS Coordinates: 38.86058, -77.24052

Directions: Tree is in front of house near driveway.

Owner Address: 8521 Crestview Dr

Fairfax, VA 22031


Contact Information

Contact Name: Robert Vickers

Contact Email: prvickers@aol.com

Contact Address: 312 Springvale Rd

Great Falls, VA 22066


Nominators

Original Nominator(s): Robert Vickers


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