Tree Information
Common Name: water tupelo
Scientific Name: Nyssa aquatica
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 739
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: no
Trunk Girth: 411 in.
Tree Height: 95 ft.
Crown Spread: 48 ft.
Points: 518
Date Last Measured: 2023
Last Measured by: Byron Carmean, Gary Williamson, and Dylan Kania
Date First Measured: 2006
Comments:
2023 comments: Crown measurements are lower than in 2016.
2016 comments: It appears healthy and should be protected in the middle of the swamp. Measured on 12/16/2016 by Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson. Circumference: 413", Height: 92', Crown: 56', Points: 519.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Isle of Wight
Land Owner: Mike Rasnake
GPS Coordinates: 36.85410, -76.84370
Directions: Located 300 yds NE of owner's address and 150 yrds NE of borrow pit lake in swamp forest that drains toward the Blackwater River.
Owner Address: 21372 Sand Pit Road
Zuni, VA 23898
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 and Gary Williamson
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