Tree Information
Common Name: Chinese holly
Scientific Name: Ilex cornuta
Native/Naturalized: Naturalized
Database ID: 3225
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: yes
Circumference: 84 in.
Height: 34 ft.
Crown: 35 ft.
Points: 127
Date Last Measured: 2023
Last Measured by: Byron Carmean, Gary Williamson, and Dylan Kania
Date First Measured: 2023
Comments: Tree appears healthy and sound, grows alone so has light advantage. Trunk circumference was measured at 2' due to split trunk.
D. Kania 08/19/2023Location of Tree
Tree is located in: City of Richmond
Land Owner: Forest Lawn Cemetery
GPS Coordinates: 37.591883, -77.435913
Directions: The tree grows in a grove of large Chinese hollys. Follow Stratford Street into the cemetery and take a right onto Myrtle Grove Road. Tree is on the right side of this road.
Owner Address: Myrtle Grove Road
Richmond, VA, 23222
Contact Information
Contact Name: Byron Carmean
Contact Email: rockplantrn@gmail.com
Contact Phone: 757-934-0588
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean
Other Nominators: Dylan Kania and Gary Williamson