Tree Information
Common Name: sweet crabapple
Scientific Name: Malus coronaria
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 1235
Status: dead
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Circumference: 56 in.
Height: 34 ft.
Crown: 40 ft.
Points: 100
Date Last Measured: 2014
Last Measured by: Jon Rockett
Date First Measured: 1984
Comments:
2023 comments: Based on Google Earth imagery, the property underwent renovation between October 2017 and October 2020 that resulted in removal of this tree.
2014 comments: Declared national champion in 2018, but dethroned in 2019 by a larger tree found in Vermont. ID to species is uncertain. Tom Wieboldt at Virginia Tech Herbarium examined a leaf sample and said that it "compares favorably in terms of leaf shape, size, toothing, pubescence, twig pubescence, and young buds." But he said that "the growth form just doesn't look at all right for our native Malus coronaria." He said that "a fertile sample is going to be needed, maybe even flowering and fruiting, to put a name on it."
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Albemarle
Land Owner: The Boar's Head Inn
GPS Coordinates: 38.04894, -78.54151
Directions: Northern end of island at Inn entrance portico.
Owner Address: 200 Ednam Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Contact Information
Contact Name: The Boar's Head Inn
Contact Address: 200 Ednam Drive
Charlottesville, VA 22901
Contact Phone: 434-296-2181
Contact Info: Eric Wiseman, big tree program coordinator, 540-231-5148
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Richard Salzer
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