Tree Information
Common Name: Ogeechee tupelo
Scientific Name: Nyssa ogeche
Native/Naturalized: Native to North America
Database ID: 1426
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Trunk Girth: 44 in.
Tree Height: 38 ft.
Crown Spread: 34 ft.
Points: 91
Date Last Measured: 2018
Last Measured by: Connie Reitz, Ricklin Brown, Keith Navia, Jeanette Navia, Shirley Devan
Date First Measured: 2009
Comments: Healthy, bearing fruits. Previous note said there was a lamp on the tree. Lamp is gone. This is the smaller, female of the two Ogeechee tupelos, to the right of the larger, male Ogeechee tupelo, when facing the trees behind the fence.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: City of Williamsburg
Land Owner: Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
GPS Coordinates: 37.270063, -76.702498
Directions: S. Naussa St., Williamsburg, Va. 23195. Located in a sheep field surrounded by a fence made in colonial era style. Near the intersection of S. Naussa St. and Francis St. You must get permission from the CW employee in charge of the sheep pasture to access this pasture to get measurements.
Owner Address: 101 Visitor Center Drive
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Owner Phone: (888) 965-7254
Contact Information
Contact Name: Jonathan Lak
Contact Email: jlak@cwf.org
Contact Address: 101 Visitor Center Drive
Williamsburg, VA 23185
Contact Phone: 757-719-3713
Contact Info: Carmean, Williamson, Wooley measured in 2009.
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean, Gary Williamson, Rollin Wooley
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