Tree Information
Common Name: swamp white oak
Scientific Name: Quercus bicolor
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 2553
Status: dead
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Circumference: 237 in.
Height: 85 ft.
Crown: 110 ft.
Points: 350
Date Last Measured: 2017
Last Measured by: John Zuiker
Date First Measured: 2017
Comments:
2023 comments: Tree was nearly dead by the time of its removal in September 2023. Story about the tree: https://tinyurl.com/qbicolor2553.
2017 comments: Overall the health of the tree is very good, but it appears to be in slow decline. Visits to the tree are not permitted without first contacting the property owners.
This tree was first discovered and nominated by famed big tree hunter Richard Salzer during the 1970s. At that time, the property was owned by Robert Nelson Ashby, Sr. Perhaps because the tree wasn't among the largest specimens at that time, the tree was not entered into the big tree register. The tree was "rediscovered" by John Zuiker in 2017.
It is clearly an ancient tree based on its character and growth habit. It stands next to an intermittent stream that was dammed long ago to create a farm pond a short distance away. Undoubtedly this stream has quenched the tree's thirst for decades, perhaps centuries.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Loudoun
Land Owner: Terri Riggs
GPS Coordinates: 39.180475, -77.757508
Owner Email: on file
Directions: In the front of the lot to the left of the house entrance road. Next to the barn. Visits to the tree are not permitted without first contacting the property owners.
Owner Address: on file
Owner Phone: on file
Contact Information
Contact Name: John Zuiker
Contact Email: john.zuiker@loudoun.gov
Contact Address: 1 Harrison St. S.E., 3rd floor, P.O. Box 7000
Leesburg, VA 20177
Contact Phone: 571-252-0678
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Richard Salzer
Other Nominators: John Zuiker
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