Tree Information
Common Name: overcup oak
Scientific Name: Quercus lyrata
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 1179
Status: dead
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Circumference: 320 in.
Height: 124 ft.
Crown: 81 ft.
Points: 464
Date Last Measured: 2018
Last Measured by: Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson
Date First Measured: 2007
Comments:
2024 comments: A visitor to the tree in July 2024 found the tree toppled over. How long it had been down was unknown. The trunk had extensive decay and finally succumbed to the structural defect. It was the national champion of its species at the time of its demise.
2018 comments: Declared national champion in 2007. The tree appears quite healthy for its apparent old age.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Isle of Wight
Land Owner: Dennis Payne
GPS Coordinates: 36.84377, -76.8522
Directions: Blackwater River Swamp, west of intersection of Old Gum Tree Road and Sand Pit Road.
Contact Information
Contact Name: Byron Carmean
Contact Email: rockplantrn@gmail.com
Contact Address: 3616 Labrador Ln
Suffolk, VA 23434
Contact Phone: 757-934-0588
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean, Gary Williamson, Mike Rasnake
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