Tree Information
Common Name: tulip-poplar
Scientific Name: Liriodendron tulipifera
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 2552
Status: dead
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Circumference: 314 in.
Height: 90 ft.
Crown: 86 ft.
Points: 426
Date Last Measured: 2017
Last Measured by: Ben and Stuart Blankenship
Date First Measured: 2017
Comments: Tree had lost the terminus many years ago, perhaps to wind or lightning, causing the trunk to internally decay. There was a 5 ft. hollow in the trunk. Defects in the trunk led to failure during a storm in August 2021.
Story of tree's demise in Richmond Times-Dispatch:
https://richmond.com/news/local/at-maymont-150-year-old-iconic-dooley-era-tree-falls-during-storm/article_ff03e57e-b199-5f5c-b031-a347e7bc732f.amp.html
Additional photos taken by Brian Kelley with Gathering Growth Foundation: https://www.gatheringgrowth.org/trees-of-significance/maymont-tulip
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: City of Richmond
Land Owner: Maymont Foundation
GPS Coordinates: 37.535948, -77.475199
Directions: 1700 Hampton street, Richmond, VA 23220. Tree is near nature center and main entrance, out in an open field on mild slope.
Owner Address: 1700 Hampton Street
Richmond, VA 23220
Contact Information
Contact Name: Peggy Singlemann
Contact Email: psinglemann@maymont.org
Contact Address: 1700 Hampton Street
Richmond, VA 23220
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Ben and Stuart Blankenship
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