Tree Information
Common Name: sweet birch
Scientific Name: Betula lenta
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 1718
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Trunk Girth: 108 in.
Tree Height: 61 ft.
Crown Spread: 61 ft.
Points: 184
Date Last Measured: 2020
Last Measured by: Leighton Simonton
Date First Measured: 2010
Comments: Seems healthy. Co-dominant leader split about 6 feet up the trunk with moderate bark inclusion. Growing into a barbed wire fence. Both leaders are healthy. Measured in 2010 by Dennis Anderson at 101", 53', 56', 168 points.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Floyd
Land Owner: Mary Ann Kraige
GPS Coordinates: 37.061164, -80.142577
Directions: On fence line next to Bear Ridge Road (gravel road). GPS coordinates are accurate. Not located at owner's address. Enter State Route 649 from 221 and the tree will be on the edge of an agricultural field to the left side of the road about a half-mile down 649.
Owner Address: 4934 BOWER RD SW
ROANOKE VA 24018
Contact Information
Contact Name: Eric Wiseman
Contact Email: pwiseman@vt.edu
Contact Phone: 540-231-5148
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Dennis Anderson
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