Tree Information

Common Name: bur oak

Scientific Name: Quercus macrocarpa

Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia

Database ID: 170

Status: alive

National Champion: no

Virginia Champion: yes

Trunk Girth: 230 in.

Tree Height: 82 ft.

Crown Spread: 108 ft.

Points: 339

Date Last Measured: 2022

Last Measured by: Jeremy Harold

Date First Measured: 1991

Comments:
2022 comments: The tree appears to be in good health and is being maintained by Bartlett Tree Experts. It has a full crown with no decline. Previous height measurement was found to be erroneous, which reduced the score at this recertification.
2012 comments: Excessive vine growth has been removed. Large amount of deadwood has been pruned. Evidence of root damage present (sidewalk construction, pedestrian traffic, and attempts at establishing turf). Tennis courts, sidewalk, and road surround the tree and confine the rooting area. The tree received a grant for care and is now being cared for. 2012 measurements by Landon Webb: trunk circumference 229", height 96', crown spread 105', points 351.
2004 measurements: trunk circumference 236", height 87', crown spread 96', points 347. Measurer unknown. The crown once spread much further to the south, but was cut back significantly presumably for clearance from street and utility lines. Local historian Glenn R. Isom claimed that the property was used as a Civil War hospital and that soldiers recuperated under the tree.
1991 comments: Tree was noted as very healthy and very beautiful. Measured by Jacob Kagey: trunk circumference 208", height 102', crown spread 107', 337 points. Tree had been first previously nominated in 1989 by Jacob Kagey and Alvin Dove, but there were errors made in those measurements that vastly underestimated the score. Those errors were rectified in the 1991 measurements.