Tree Information
Common Name: saucer magnolia
Scientific Name: Magnolia xsoulangeana
Native/Naturalized: Not Naturalized
Database ID: 750
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: yes
Circumference: 144 in.
Height: 41 ft.
Crown: 53 ft.
Points: 198
Date Last Measured: 2019
Last Measured by: Ben Blankenship
Date First Measured: 2006
Comments: A multi-trunk tree with indications of some rot on the inside where the four large limbs of the trunk separate.
2019 Update: Tree still appears fairly healthy, despite decay between the four major stems. Height was a few feet shorter because a more precise laser hypsometer was used in 2019. Trunk circumference was measured at 2.5 feet above ground due to the splitting of four large leaders.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: City of Richmond
Land Owner: Hollywood Cemetery
GPS Coordinates: 37.53407, -77.45773
Owner Email: info@hollywoodcemetery.org
Directions: Hollywood Cemetery near intersection of Jeter Ave. and Monroe Ave. Next to the Angel monument.
Owner Address: 412 South Cherry St
Richmond, VA 23220
Contact Information
Contact Name: Eric Wiseman
Contact Email: pwiseman@vt.edu
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Byron Carmean and Gary Williamson
Other Nominators: Jerry Wyatt, Christina Woodson, Tracy Brockwell, Kelli Armes, Ben Blankenship, Stuart Blankenship, Emma Blankenship
Additional Information
http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=388
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