Tree Information
Common Name: swamp chestnut oak
Scientific Name: Quercus michauxii
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 174
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Trunk Girth: 235 in.
Tree Height: 124 ft.
Crown Spread: 92 ft.
Points: 382
Date Last Measured: 2017
Last Measured by: Robbie Lewis and Kenneth Midgett
Date First Measured: 1986
Comments: Looking healthy for a tree of that age/size. The only difference Robbie noticed in 2017 was that a large limb has fallen out of the crown, which has shortened up the crown spread a little. Originally nominated as a chestnut oak. Correctly identified as a swamp chestnut oak by Robbie Lewis in 2006.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Accomack
Land Owner: Beverly Fletcher
GPS Coordinates: 37.93266, -75.55934
Directions: In a large tract of timber between Withams Road (to the north) and Horsey Road (to the south), about 1/2 mile west of US Route 13. Located about 330 meters west of the Eastern Shore Railroad that runs north-south through the tract, next to a tributary of the North Branch Holdens Creek (on north side of Holdens creek). Tree is in the center of a ~2 acre reserve delineated to protect it when the surrounding stand was harvested about 17 years ago.
Owner Address: 27329 Horsey Rd.
Oak Hall, VA 23416
Contact Information
Contact Name: Robbie Lewis
Contact Email: robbie.lewis@dof.virginia.gov
Contact Phone: 757-787-5812
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Beverly and Robert Fletcher
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