Tree Information

Common Name: laurel oak

Scientific Name: Quercus laurifolia

Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia

Database ID: 3408

Status: alive

National Champion: no

Virginia Champion: no

Trunk Girth: 204 in.

Tree Height: 127 ft.

Crown Spread: 82 ft.

Points: 352

Date Last Measured: 2025

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

Date First Measured: 2025

Comments:
2025 comments: This tree is healthy and sound. It clearly is happy growing in this flatwood forest.

Dylan Kania January 25, 2025

Location of Tree

Tree is located in: City of Suffolk

State Map

Land Owner: Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

GPS Coordinates: 36.7284406, -76.5427743

Directions: From Bus. 13 in Suffolk, take Roosevelt Drive southeast to Blythwood Lane. Turn left there and continue to Nixon Drive and turn right. The tree grows in the Dismal Swamp NWR just past the powerline right-of-way northeast of Nixon Drive. Use GPS to find this tree, which is marked with flagging tape.

Owner Address: 3100 Desert Road

Suffolk, VA 23434