Tree Information
Common Name: witch-hazel
Scientific Name: Hamamelis virginiana
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 2489
Status: alive
National Champion: yes
Virginia Champion: yes
Circumference: 31 in.
Height: 32 ft.
Crown: 38 ft.
Points: 73
Date Last Measured: 2016
Last Measured by: Byron Carmean, Gary Williamson, Jeff Kirwan
Date First Measured: 2016
Comments:
2024 update: Recognized as national co-champion with trees in Philadelphia, PA and Russell County, VA.
2021 comments: This tree was crowned national co-champion in 2021 with another tree in Grason County, VA. Had been declared national co-champion in 2017, but dethroned in 2019 for unknown reason.
2016 comments: The tree appears healthy and sound. It should be safe where it grows.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Smyth
Land Owner: State of Virginia - Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries
GPS Coordinates: 36.93159, -81.83057
Directions: Clinch Mountain Wildlife Mgt. Area. On the bank below Big Tumbling Creek Road and above Tumbling Creek Channel. Visible from the road.
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, Jeff Kirwan, Gary Williamson
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