Tree Information

Common Name: Scots pine

Scientific Name: Pinus sylvestris

Native/Naturalized: Naturalized

Database ID: 1681

Status: dead

National Champion: no

Virginia Champion: no

Circumference: 61 in.

Height: 50 ft.

Crown: 30 ft.

Points: 119

Date Last Measured: 2020

Last Measured by: Leighton Simonton

Date First Measured: 2010

Comments:
2024 comments: Tree had been declining and died in summer 2023 and was removed.
2020 comments: Good health, especially for confined road side environment. Maintaining ex-current shape.
2010 comments: Measured in 2010 by Byron Carmean, Gary Williamson and Jeff Kirwan at 57", 47', 26', 111 points.

Top. J. Kirwan. 2010.
Bottom. Google Street View. 2019.

Location of Tree

Tree is located in: Montgomery

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Land Owner: Virginia Tech - Blacksburg

GPS Coordinates: 37.226348, -80.428791

Directions: Edge of Duck Pond, across from the entrance to the golf course. Follow Duck Pond Drive to the Golf Course Patron's parking lot and the tree is directly adjacent to the lot.



Contact Information

Contact Name: Eric Wiseman

Contact Email: vabigtree@vt.edu

Contact Phone: 540-231-5148


Nominators

Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean, Gary Williamson, and Jeff Kirwan


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