Tree Information
Common Name: yellow birch
Scientific Name: Betula alleghaniensis
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 2023
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Trunk Girth: 128 in.
Tree Height: 65 ft.
Crown Spread: 57 ft.
Points: 207
Date Last Measured: 2023
Last Measured by: John Peterson
Date First Measured: 2013
Comments:
2023 comments: Tree is doing well. No evidence of decline or structural deterioration. Trunk has several burls at 4.5' above ground. Therefore, trunk was measured below the burls at 4.0' above ground. Height was likely overestimated in the past due to steep terrain.
2013 comments: The tree appears healthy for its apparent old age. Measured in 2013 by Byron Carmean, Jeff Kirwan, and Gary Williamson at 130", 78', 56', 222 points.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Grayson
Land Owner: U.S. Forest Service
GPS Coordinates: 36.637870, -81.595909
Directions: Mt. Rogers National Recreation Area. Approximately 2/3 of the way up to Whitetop Mountain on Whitetop Mountain Road (Mud Creek Lane). Downslope of road about 125 feet and visible from the road. Travel south of Elk Garden Trailhead on Route 600 (Whitetop Road). Turn right onto Mud Creek Lane (also referred to as Whitetop Mountain Road). Tree is visible from road, on left side of road, below the road elevation, about 125' from road.
Contact Information
Contact Name: Eric Wiseman
Contact Email: vabigtree@vt.edu
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean, Jeff Kirwan, and Gary Williamson
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