Tree Information
Common Name: silver maple
Scientific Name: Acer saccharinum
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 157
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Circumference: 264 in.
Height: 104 ft.
Crown: 115 ft.
Points: 397
Date Last Measured: 2023
Last Measured by: Alex Adams
Date First Measured: 1988
Comments:
2023 update: The tree is on its last leg. About half of the canopy is in decline and is without foliage. A large leader has fallen out of the tree. Numerous dead branches and hangers. No longer state co-champion.
2021 update: This tree has been dethroned as national champion by another tree in Houston County, Minnesota.
2020 update: Declared national co-champion in 2020 with two other Virginia specimens, one in Bath county and the other in Fairfax county.
2013 update: Measured by Jordan Endahl at 255', 120", 130', 408 points.
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Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Bland
Land Owner: Patrick Groseclose
GPS Coordinates: 37.01151, -81.36391
Directions: Tree is in the front yard of an old, unoccupied farm house. One mile west of Ceres, VA on the north side of US Rt. 42.
Owner Address: 3359 West Bluegrass Trail
Ceres, VA 24318
Contact Information
Contact Name: Eric Wiseman
Contact Email: vabigtree@vt.edu
Contact Info: Riley Bruce, brucer@vdof.org
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Tyler Blount; Riley Bruce
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