Tree Information

Common Name: Atlantic white-cedar

Scientific Name: Chamaecyparis thyoides

Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia

Database ID: 3391

Status: alive

National Champion: no

Virginia Champion: yes

Circumference: 124 in.

Height: 82 ft.

Crown: 26 ft.

Points: 213

Date Last Measured: 2025

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

Date First Measured: 2025

Comments:
2025 comments: This tree appears healthy and sound. It seems to be growing in a location where it receives adequate light.

Dylan Kania March 14, 2025

Location of Tree

Tree is located in: City of Suffolk

State Map

Land Owner: Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

GPS Coordinates: 36.681433, -76.528472

Directions: The tree is in the Dismal Swamp Refuge, 100 feet east of the Lynn Ditch Trail and about 5000 feet south of the Jericho-Hudnell Ditch Trailhead.

Owner Address: 3100 White Marsh Road

Suffolk, VA 23434

Contact Information

Contact Name: Byron Carmean

Contact Email: rockplantrn@gmail.com

Contact Address: 3616 Labrador Lane

Suffolk, VA 23434

Contact Phone: 757-934-0588

Nominators

Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean, Dylan Kania, and Gary Williamson

Additional Information

I.D. Fact Sheet

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