Tree Information

Common Name: Atlantic white-cedar

Scientific Name: Chamaecyparis thyoides

Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia

Database ID: 3413

Status: alive

National Champion: no

Virginia Champion: yes

Trunk Girth: 116 in.

Tree Height: 87 ft.

Crown Spread: 23 ft.

Points: 209

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 appears healthy and sound. It grows by itself in an opening of the canopy.

Dylan Kania February 15, 2025

Location of Tree

Tree is located in: City of Suffolk

State Map

Land Owner: Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge

GPS Coordinates: 36.7130583, -76.5360557

Directions: Take White Marsh Road south from Suffolk to Jericho Ditch Lane to the parking area on the east end. The tree grows in the swamp forest, approximately 750 feet due south of Jericho Ditch Lane and 1500 feet west of Lynn Ditch.

Owner Address: 3100 Desert 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, Ben Rubinow, and Gary Williamson

Additional Information

I.D. Fact Sheet

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