Tree Information

Common Name: blackhaw

Scientific Name: Viburnum prunifolium

Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia

Database ID: 2302

Status: alive

National Champion: yes

Virginia Champion: yes

Circumference: 90 in.

Height: 30 ft.

Crown: 33 ft.

Points: 128

Date Last Measured: 2024

Last Measured by: Jon Rockett and Yvonne Rockett

Date First Measured: 2014

Comments:
2024 comments: Tree has a split in the trunk with a two functioning braces, a rod and a cable. The original, rod noted in 2014 comments, has become detached at one end resulting from decay. The increase in trunk circumference from 80 to 90 inches at 1 foot above ground could be impacted by an increase in the split. There also appears to have been a significant amount of dead limb pruning over time, which has reduced the crown spread. Composite trunk circumference at 4.5 feet is 77" based on five stem measurements (36", 19", 38", 30", 44"). This would result in score of 115 total points and change status of national and state championship.
2018 comments: First declared national champion in 2017 and recognized in 2018 as national co-champion with tree in Albemarle County, VA.
2014 comments: Trunk was measured at 12" above ground, below split trunk. The tree appears healthy. Fruiting. A brace rod was installed, but doesn't close the split above 1'. Measured in 2014 by Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson. Circumference: 80", Height: 31', Crown: 37', Points: 120.