Tree Information
Common Name: gray poplar
Scientific Name: Populus xcanescens
Native/Naturalized: Native to Virginia
Database ID: 753
Status: alive
National Champion: no
Virginia Champion: yes
Circumference: 57 in.
Height: 53 ft.
Crown: 24 ft.
Points: 116
Date Last Measured: 2016
Last Measured by: Alex Cassell, Eric Wiseman
Date First Measured: 2006
Comments: Incorrectly identified as Populus grandidentata when discovered in 2006. The tree has some die back. It is growing within a group of other gray poplars on the roadside on top of the embankment along/through the fence.
Location of Tree
Tree is located in: Floyd
Land Owner: Private
GPS Coordinates: 36.977942, -80.370115
Directions: Go down Sowers Road from Thunderstruck Road. The tree is about 450 feet from the Sowers and Thunderstruck Road intersection on the right.
Owner Address: Private
Contact Information
Contact Name: Eric Wiseman
Contact Email: pwiseman@vt.edu
Contact Phone: 540-231-5148
Nominators
Original Nominator(s): Dennis Anderson
Additional Information
https://plants.sc.egov.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=POCA14
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