Tree Information

Common Name: swamp cottonwood

Scientific Name: Populus heterophylla

Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia

Database ID: 2722

Status: alive

National Champion: no

Virginia Champion: no

Trunk Girth: 114 in.

Tree Height: 107 ft.

Crown Spread: 36 ft.

Points: 230

Date Last Measured: 2019

Last Measured by: Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson

Date First Measured: 2019

Comments: Tree has a slight lean and minor beaver damage, but otherwise okay.

G. Williamson September 2019

Location of Tree

Tree is located in: Southampton

State Map

Land Owner: Commonwealth of Virginia - Dept. of Conservation and Recreation

GPS Coordinates: 36.6792, -77.0455

Directions: Cypress Bridge Natural Area Preserve. Take Old Bridge Road from Route 58 Bypass near Courtland to end of road at Nottoway River. This forest was formerly owned by International Paper and was known as the Cypress Bridge Tract (Block 16). Tree is upriver in swamp forest.

Contact Information

Contact Name: Byron Carmean

Contact Email: rockplantrn@gmail.com

Contact Address: 3616 Labrador Ln.

Suffolk, VA 23434

Contact Phone: 757-934-0588

Nominators

Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean, Gary Williamson

Additional Information

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