Tree Information

Common Name: baldcypress

Scientific Name: Taxodium distichum

Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia

Database ID: 3011

Status: alive

National Champion: no

Virginia Champion: no

Trunk Girth: 349 in.

Tree Height: 130 ft.

Crown Spread: 60 ft.

Points: 494

Date Last Measured: 2022

Last Measured by: Byron Carmean, Dylan Kania, Gary Williamson

Date First Measured: 2022

Comments: This tree appears healthy and sound. It has suffered some storm damage over its lifespan, but continues to thrive. The trunk had no obvious hollows.

D. Kania 2022

Location of Tree

Tree is located in: Surry

State Map

Land Owner: Monahan Farms LLC

GPS Coordinates: 37.059254, -77.012995

Directions: Take route 603 from Wakefield, VA north to the Blackwater River Bridge (Three Bridges). The tree is 1.5 miles upriver of the bridge on the north side of the river in a swamp forest.

Owner Address: 689 Camera Road

Waverly VA 23890