Tree Information
Common Name: American holly
Scientific Name: Ilex opaca
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 2138
Status: not top 3
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Circumference: 124 in.
Height: 50 ft.
Crown: 48 ft.
Points: 186
Date Last Measured: 2023
Last Measured by: Robert Vickers
Date First Measured: 2013
Comments:
2023 Comments: Tree has lost a tall branch, but it is still healthy.
2013 Comments: Healthy tree with split trunk. Trunk circumference measured at 39 inches above ground. Circumference 115 in, height 61 ft, crown 48 ft, 188 points
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Fairfax
Land Owner: Browns Cemetery
GPS Coordinates: 38.97561, -77.30638
Directions: Inside cemetery fence and easily visible. The cemetery was the property of the Brown's Chapel Cemetery Association. It contained 29 gravestones. The earliest death date was 1854; the most recent was 1986. The Brown/Wheeler Family Cemetery is also known as Brown’s Memorial Cemetery. The cemetery is marked by an attractive stone wall which runs along Leesburg Pike (Route 7). The site was originally on property purchased by the Brown family from a man named Hach when they moved to the area from Cooperstown, New York in 1850.
Owner Address: 10416 Leesburg Pike
Great Falls, VA 22066
Contact Information
Contact Name: Robert Vickers
Contact Email: prvickers@aol.com
Contact Address: 312 Springvale Rd
Great Falls, VA 22066
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Robert Vickers
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