Tree Information
Common Name: Japanese cryptomeria
Scientific Name: Cryptomeria japonica
Native/Naturalized: Not Naturalized
Database ID: 698
Status: dead
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Circumference: 178 in.
Height: 54 ft.
Crown: 24 ft.
Points: 238
Date Last Measured: 2006
Last Measured by: J. C. Clark
Date First Measured: 2006
Comments:
2018 comments: Eric Wiseman and Peter Stewart visited the property in search of the tree on 7/5/2018. The previous measurer in 2006 had written specific details about the location of the tree on the property. A search in that area revealed no Japanese cryptomeria. There was a canopy gap and a depression in the soil that suggested a tree might have existed in this area in the recent past. There were two other Japanese cryptomeria on the property, but they were much smaller and in a different area. It is concluded that this tree has died.
2006 comments: Looks very healthy. It is close to some other trees and because of the protection they offer from wind and ice have survived at least 100+ years.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Montgomery
Land Owner: Kathy Wheeler
GPS Coordinates: 37.134977, -80.388757
Owner Email: theinnathansmeadow@yahoo.com
Directions: Stands 120' from the NE corner of the Inn and about 50' N of the Pond at 1040 Roanoke St.(which is N of the intersection of Depot St. and Roanoke St.) in Christiansburg, VA.
Owner Address: Inn at Hans Meadows
1040 Roanoke St., Christiansburg, VA 24073
Contact Information
Contact Name: Eric Wiseman
Contact Email: pwiseman@vt.edu
Contact Phone: 540-231-5148
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): J. C. Clark