Tree Information
Common Name: red spruce
Scientific Name: Picea rubens
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 1068
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Trunk Girth: 101 in.
Tree Height: 80 ft.
Crown Spread: 40 ft.
Points: 191
Date Last Measured: 2024
Last Measured by: Alex Adams and John Peterson
Date First Measured: 2010
Comments:
2024 comments: This tree is healthy. Growing on stream bank, which made trunk measurement difficult. Circumference reported here is at 4.5’ on uphill side. On the downhill side, 163" (on the root flair). Crown measurement obstructed by neighboring red spruce.
2010 comments: Measured in 2010 by Byron Carmean, Gary Williamson, and Jeff Kirwan. Circumference: 101", Height: 75', Crown: 43', Points: 187. This tree was discovered while searching for a red spruce originally nominated in 1975 at 184 points by Charles Hinsen. The tree described here matches the general location and description of the 1975 tree, but cannot definitively say that it is the same tree.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Grayson
Land Owner: U.S. Forest Service
GPS Coordinates: 36.63537, -81.57309
Directions: There is a map on file for the original 1975 tree. The tree described here is located at the GPS coordinates listed here. Its location is described as being the trail side of the creek approximately 1/8th mile from the parking area. Easy to spot and walk to, and the GPS was exact. A bit of a mire on one side of the tree keeps that side open.
Contact Information
Contact Name: John Peterson
Contact Email: jopeters@vt.edu
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Charles Hinsen
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