Champion Trees

Details for PK 970

General Information

Common Name: OAK, Swamp Chestnut
Scientific Name: Quercus michauxii
Group: Broadleaf
Title: Florida Champion
Status Date: 2/26/2013	Map: View
County: Columbia	Ownership Type: Public
Location: Tree is in the central portion of Resource Management Zone 4F, roughly halfway along length of South Tram Road between Last Take Out and Tram Central (0.50 mi. west of access road connecting South Parking Lot to South Tram Rd). Approximately aligned with north-south fenceline defining the eastern boundary of the Progress Energy Substation OUT, the tree is about 500 feet north of the South Tram Rd, roughly halfway between the Tram Rd and the bluff defining the southern floodplain of the Ichetucknee River. Consult attached map locator.
Latitude: 29.9564	Longitude: -82.7776

Measurement Information

Crown Spread Max: 131	Crown Spread Min: 113
Circumference: 193	Height: 143
Height of Circumference: 4.5	Total Points: 366
Date of Measurement: 11/30/2012
Reason of Measurement: New Nomination
Verified by County Forester: Stanley Shepard

Condition of Tree: Fair(Mature, declining)

Nomination Comments

Large hollow at base of tree likely from heart rot disease; very large detached limb on south side of tree; wound from broken limb at base of crown; crown thinning.

Nominator Name: Mr. Samuel Cole

Owner Name: Florida Division of Recreation and Parks

Phone: 386-497-4690

E-mail: Sherry.Green@dep.state.fl.us

Attachments:

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