Tree Information
Common Name: Darlington oak
Scientific Name: Quercus hemisphaerica
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 1174
Status: alive
National Champion: yes
Virginia Champion: yes
Circumference: 269 in.
Height: 82 ft.
Crown: 108 ft.
Points: 378
Date Last Measured: 2018
Last Measured by: Ben and Stuart Blankenship
Date First Measured: 2007
Comments:
2024 update: Recognized again as national champion.
Declared national champion in 2012 and recognized in 2019 as national co-champion, sharing title with trees in Florida and North Carolina. This tree was misidentified as Q. laurifolia until 2011, when acorn samples were sent to National Arboretum.
2018 update: The tree appears very healthy and has put on some girth plus height. It appears to have no rot at all. While taking circumference a large branch was not included because it was not part of the main trunk. Trunk circumference measured at 2.5 feet above ground to avoid low limbs.
2012 update: Measured in 2012 by Jerry Wyatt, Kelli Armes, Christina Woodson.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: City of Richmond
Land Owner: Maymont Foundation
GPS Coordinates: 37.536019, -77.47653
Owner Email: psinglemann@Maymont.org
Directions: Tree located at the owners mailing address. This tree is on unrestricted public property. As you come down the path from the nature center go straight and then take a right.The tree is near the intersection of 4 paths.
Owner Address: 1700 Hampton Street
Richmond, VA 23220
Owner Phone: 804-358-7166
Contact Information
Contact Name: Peggy Singlemann
Contact Email: psinglemann@maymont.org
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Peggy Singlemann
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