Tree Information
Common Name: sweetbay magnolia
Scientific Name: Magnolia virginiana
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 3272
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Trunk Girth: 93 in.
Tree Height: 70 ft.
Crown Spread: 38 ft.
Points: 173
Date Last Measured: 2024
Last Measured by: Byron Carmean, Gary Williamson, and Dylan Kania
Date First Measured: 2024
Comments:
2024 comments: Tree appears old but reasonably healthy. The Kirb family keeps the tree protected from timbering. Tree has a basal hollow. Trunk measured at 4.5' above ground
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: City of Suffolk
Land Owner: Bruce Kirk
GPS Coordinates: 36.785811, -76.489703
Directions: From Bowers Hill in Chesapeake, take RT.58 W past the airport and water treatment plant. Turn right in the sand road next to cell towers. Tree is 3rd left turn in the wooded wetland. GPS is approximate to tree's location area. Owner must be contacted before visit.
Owner Address: 815 Kirk Road
Suffolk, VA 23434
Owner Phone: 757-644-8686
Contact Information
Contact Name: Byron Carmean
Contact Email: rockplantrn@gmail.com
Contact Phone: 757-934-0588
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean, Dylan Kania, Gary Williamson
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