Tree Information
Common Name: hackberry
Scientific Name: Celtis occidentalis
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 2332
Status: dead
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Trunk Girth: 203 in.
Tree Height: 106 ft.
Crown Spread: 111 ft.
Points: 337
Date Last Measured: 2015
Last Measured by: Robert Vickers
Date First Measured: 2015
Comments:
2025 comments: Volunteer Rudy Delsack went to recertify the tree and found that it was dead. A large rotten stump remained. It looked like it had been cut, so the county may have felled it out of concern for hazards due to weak stems and decay.
2015 comments: A very healthy multi-stem hackberry, with a very large crown. Within weeks of nomination, the larger of the stems split and fell, reducing the tree height to 106' feet.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Fairfax
Land Owner: Fairfax County Board of Supervisors
GPS Coordinates: 38.70949, -77.21521
Directions: The tree is in Joseph Plaskeet Park along Pohick Creek just north of Lorton Rd and west of Lorton Station Blvd in Lorton, Va. Turn west off Lorton Station Blvd onto StoneGarden Dr. Path along east side of Pohick Creek can be entered behind 9140 Stonegarden. Go north on the path and take the right fork where it soon splits. The tree is on the west side of path about 10 yards from fork. Its massive forked trunk is hard to miss. More direct access is possible by parking at Lorton Station Playground and walking west into the forest and navigating to the GPS marker of the tree.
Contact Information
Contact Name: Robert Vickers
Contact Email: prvickers@aol.com
Contact Address: 312 Springvale Road
Great Falls, VA 22066
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Robert Vickers
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