Tree Information
Common Name: Darlington oak
Scientific Name: Quercus hemisphaerica
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 1859
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Trunk Girth: 215 in.
Tree Height: 75 ft.
Crown Spread: 91 ft.
Points: 313
Date Last Measured: 2021
Last Measured by: Bobbie Burton & Nancy Joel
Date First Measured: 2011
Comments: There is a large cavity at the base of the tree that probably indicates its long-term survival may be in jeopardy.
From Wikipedia: Wheatland is a historic plantation home located near Loretto, Essex County, Virginia. It was built between 1849 and 1851, and is a two-story, five-bay, frame dwelling with a hipped roof in the Greek Revival style. It has a double-pile central hall plan, and features two-story porches on the principal facades. A simple one-story gable-roofed frame wing contains a kitchen. The property includes a contributing wharf (1916), smokehouse and kitchen. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Tree was previously measured at 163", 71', 82' and 255 points in 2011 by Byron Carmean, Jean Carmean and Gary Williamson.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Essex
Land Owner: Wheatland LLC
GPS Coordinates: 38.088903, -77.035802
Directions: Wheatland Plantation. 1154 Wheatland Rd Loretto, VA 22509. Travel north on Route 17 from Tappahannock, 15.2 miles to Route 638. Go one mile to Wheatland.
The tree is located on the landward side of the house (meaning the "front yard" as you approach the house, but acknowledging that the real front yard of these old riverfront properties faces the water). It is very near a fork in the road leading to the house itself and on the left side as you approach the house.
Owner Address: 1631 Fayette Rd.
Manakin Sabot, VA 23103
Owner Phone: 804-840-3557
Contact Information
Contact Name: Bobbie Burton
Contact Email: mailto:burtonbs@longwood.edu
Contact Info: WHEATLAND LLC C/O PETER C BANCE 1631 FAYETTE RD MANAKIN SABOT VA 23103, 434-589-4126
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean, Jean Carmean, Gary Williamson
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