Tree Information
Common Name: Devil's walking stick
Scientific Name: Aralia spinosa
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 2330
Status: dead
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Circumference: 22 in.
Height: 36 ft.
Crown: 17 ft.
Points: 62
Date Last Measured: 2015
Last Measured by: Byron and Jean Carmean, Gary Williamson
Date First Measured: 2015
Comments: An extensive field search by the big tree coordinator and Boxerwood staff in summer 2019 could not locate the tree. Presumed dead. Declared national champion in 2017. Trunk measured at 4.5'. Tree appeared healthy and structurally sound at time of nomination.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Rockbridge
Land Owner: Boxerwood Nature Center & Woodland Garden
GPS Coordinates: 37.77571, -79.46402
Directions: From parking area, follow path to right of nature center. A "grove" of Aralia are near the path, before the large oak that they describe as the "giant oak". The Aralia with the largest stem was measured.
Owner Address: 963 Ross Road
Lexington, VA 24450
Owner Phone: 540-463-2697
Contact Information
Contact Name: Byron Carmean
Contact Email: rockplantrn@gmail.com
Contact Address: 3616 Labrador Lane
Suffolk, VA 23434
Contact Phone: 757-934-0588
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron and Jean Carmean
Other Nominators: Gary Williamson
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