Tree Information
Common Name: American holly
Scientific Name: Ilex opaca
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 292
Status: dead
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Trunk Girth: 134 in.
Tree Height: 66 ft.
Crown Spread: 55 ft.
Points: 214
Date Last Measured: 2012
Last Measured by: Landon Webb
Date First Measured: 1988
Comments:
2022 update from Carol King: Was located in Veterans Cemetery near Hampton University. Probably died of natural decline. Has been removed.
January 2019 update from Carol King: There were at least 2 kinds of fungi around the roots, also a huge amount of hollow, open stubs all over the upper trunk. There were some very happy squirrels cavorting about, but otherwise a depressing site.
2013 update: Former National Champion/Co-Champion dethroned in 2013. The tree is in some decline with cracks and sloughing bark, but appears well for its size.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: City of Hampton
Land Owner: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
GPS Coordinates: 37.019467, -76.335283
Owner Email: hhardamon@cem.va.gov
Directions: The cemetery is located in the center of Hampton University. The tree is to the right of the Cemetery Road cul-de-sac.
Owner Address: Cemetery Road at Marshall Avenue
Hampton, VA 23669
Owner Phone: 757-723-7104
Contact Information
Contact Name: Byron Carmean
Contact Email: rockplantrn@gmail.com
Contact Address: 3616 Labrador Ln.
Suffolk, VA 23434
Contact Phone: 757-934-0588
Contact Info: contact: H. D. Hardamon (hhardamon@cem.va.gov)
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson
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