Tree Information
Common Name: Asian white birch
Scientific Name: Betula platyphylla var. japonica
Native/Naturalized: Not Naturalized
Database ID: 2794
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: yes
Circumference: 40 in.
Height: 34 ft.
Crown: 30 ft.
Points: 82
Date Last Measured: 2020
Last Measured by: Virg Madden
Date First Measured: 2020
Comments: Planted in 1991. This is the common cultivar 'Whitespire'. Some degree of branch dieback. Circumference of multiple stems measured at 4.5' above ground to compute composite trunk circumference: 24", 24", 20" = 40".

Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Albemarle
Land Owner: University of Virginia Foundation
GPS Coordinates: 37.96468, -78.4727
Owner Email: eoliver@uvafoundation.com
Directions: Morven Farm. Field across from Meeting Barn. Tree is the middle one of 5 birches
Owner Address: 791 Morven Dr.
Charlottesville, VA 22902
Owner Phone: 434-293-3978
Contact Information
Contact Name: Virg Madden
Contact Email: mmadden@uvafoundation.com
Contact Info: Virg Madden/Landscape Gardener. Elton Oliver/Estate Manager.
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Virg Madden
Additional Information