Tree Information

Common Name: green ash

Scientific Name: Fraxinus pennsylvanica

Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia

Database ID: 2079

Status: alive

National Champion: no

Virginia Champion: no

Trunk Girth: 181 in.

Tree Height: 124 ft.

Crown Spread: 54 ft.

Points: 319

Date Last Measured: 2023

Last Measured by: Byron Carmean, Dylan Kania, and Gary Williamson

Date First Measured: 2013

Comments:
2023 comments: This tree continues to appear healthy and sound. Hopefully EAB will not find its way to this specimen.
2013 comments: The tree is perhaps the best single trunked green ash that the nominator has ever seen. Measured by Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson. Circumference: 184", Height: 115', Crown: 68', Points: 316.

Top photo: G. Williamson (2013) Bottom photos: D. Kania (10/09/2023)

Location of Tree

Tree is located in: City of Chesapeake

State Map

Land Owner: U.S. Government - Army Corp of Engineers

GPS Coordinates: 36.72179, -76.17986

Directions: South side of Intracoastal Waterway, 1/4 mile east of Centerville Turnpike in swamp forest approximately 150 yards from the waterway.

Owner Address: 803 Front Street

Norfolk, VA 23510

Contact Information

Contact Name: Byron Carmean

Contact Email: rockplantrn@gmail.com

Contact Address: 3616 Labrador Lane

Suffolk, VA 23434

Contact Phone: 757-934-0588

Nominators

Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson

Additional Information

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