Tree Information
Common Name: Shumard oak
Scientific Name: Quercus shumardii
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 2289
Status: dead
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Circumference: 269 in.
Height: 121 ft.
Crown: 102 ft.
Points: 416
Date Last Measured: 2014
Last Measured by: Robert Vickers
Date First Measured: 2007
Comments: Was originally misidentified as Q. rubra.
Was reported dead by Robert Vickers in January 2019. He said that it uprooted during the heavy rains and floods of fall 2018. Former state champ.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Fairfax
Land Owner: Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority
GPS Coordinates: 38.79847, -77.48147
Owner Email: eferguson@nvrpa.org
Directions: Tree is on the south side of Bull Run Drive, just east of picnic pavilion #9. Just past a small stream with a stone bridge abutment, along the right of way and easily seen.
Owner Address: 700 Bull Run Drive
Centerville, VA 20121
Contact Information
Contact Name: Robert Vickers
Contact Email: prvickers@aol.com
Contact Address: 312 Springvale Road
Great Falls, VA 22066
Contact Phone: 703-759-3280
Contact Info: Eric Ferguson is the Park Manager mailto:eferguson@nvrpa.org
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Robert Vickers