notable tree nominations: 2019 · score: 60.5 circumference: 13.5” comments: young tree with a...

NOTABLE TREE NOMINATIONS: 2019

PRESENTED TO: THE ARLINGTON COUNTY URBAN FORESTRY COMMISSION

COMMON NAME: Pignut hickory

SPECIES: Carya glabra

LOCATION: 2700 8th St S

SCORE: 256

CIRCUMFERENCE: 164”

COMMENTS: Very large, spreading multi-trunk pignut. Measured about 3.5’ above base. Only 6 points below current County Champion; could be listed as Co-Champion. Good health, no visible issues.

VISIBILITY: Rear property.

COMMON NAME: Red maple

SPECIES: Acer rubrum

LOCATION: 6012 27th Rd N

SCORE: 276


COMMENTS: Huge girth, low-branching red maple. Reasonably good condition: one hollow spot visible on one trunk. Had some recent pruning and also lost some spread due to power lines.

VISIBILITY: Front property.

COMMON NAME: White oak

SPECIES: Quercus alba

LOCATION: Lubber Run Park

SCORE: 297


COMMENTS: Wild tree on slope in Lubber Run Park next to trail. Long-limbed, gangly tree, probably due to wooded location. Good condition; has a largely covered trunk wound.

VISIBILITY: In park.



LOCATION: 1722 S Arlington Ridge Rd

SCORE: 267


COMMENTS: Trunk divides about 5’ high and has a spreading habit. Owners say they have enjoyed watching this tree grow for 51 years of living at this location. Excellent condition, regular arborist care.




LOCATION: 5426 11th St N

SCORE: 263.5


COMMENTS: Growing next to deck; owners appreciate the great shade in summer -canopy covers the entire yard. Fair condition, some top die-back, some large branches pruned.




LOCATION: 5995 5th Rd S – Carlin Springs ES

SCORE: 242


COMMENTS: Low-spreading tree growing back right side of school property not far from the temporary classrooms, near the property line. Good condition; large, sealed branch stubs on trunk.


COMMON NAME: Bigleaf magnolia

SPECIES: Magnolia macrophylla

LOCATION: Potomac Overlook Park

SCORE: 78.5

CIRCUMFERENCE: 18.5”

COMMENTS: Wild in swale, on left just before Potomac overlook. Tall spindly tree growing in shade. Good condition; trunk deer damage.


COMMON NAME: Southern red oak

SPECIES: Quercus falcata

LOCATION: Potomac Overlook Park

SCORE: 279


COMMENTS: Tall and in excellent condition. Crown rises above neighboring canopy. On left side of trail to overlook.


COMMON NAME: Chestnut oak

SPECIES: Quercus montana

LOCATION: Upton Hill Regional Park

SCORE: 190.5


COMMENTS: One of the five largest trees in this park, located near the service road entrance to Wilson Blvd. Friends of Upton Hill Park group call it majestic. Good condition; large, sealed branch stubs on trunk.


COMMON NAME: Black walnut

SPECIES: Juglans nigra

LOCATION: 1915 N Harrison St

SCORE: 227


COMMENTS: Healthy, spreading tree growing in open area of park about mid-slope on right side. Rough old bark, large walnut crop in fall 2017. Measured in 2017; not submitted until this year.


COMMON NAME: Black walnut

SPECIES: Juglans nigra

LOCATION: 2720 N Jefferson St

SCORE: 231


COMMENTS: Large, lovely tree. Good condition. Growing at top of hill at rear of property, closer to N Kensington St.


COMMON NAME: Southern red oak

SPECIES: Quercus falcata

LOCATION: 900 N Livingston St

SCORE: 296


COMMENTS: Shades both N Livingston St and 9th St N. Good condition with evidence of recent pruning of low branches.


COMMON NAME: Willow oak

SPECIES: Quercus phellos


SCORE: 246


COMMENTS: Tree has about the lowest score possible score for approval based on size, but owner submitted statement about neighborhood appreciation for this tree. It provides shade to 4-6 homes, habitat for wildlife, and dominates tree canopy.




LOCATION: 1027 22nd St S

SCORE: 281


COMMENTS: Tree towers over house and shades entire back yard. Very good condition, recent low branch pruning.


COMMON NAME: Post oak

SPECIES: Quercus stellata

LOCATION: 1705 N Stafford St

SCORE: 166


COMMENTS: Tall tree without much spread, very good condition. Larger than only one post oak already approved.


COMMON NAME: American elm

SPECIES: Ulmus americana

LOCATION: 905 S Randolph St

SCORE: 240.75


COMMENTS: This is also an approved Specimen Tree. Located at the top of hill to the left side of the house; dominates canopy with a substantial spread for this species. Very good condition with regular chemical applications for Dutch Elm Disease applied bi-annually.

VISIBILITY: Side property.

COMMON NAME: Ponderosa pine

SPECIES: Pinus ponderosa

LOCATION: 630 N Irving St

SCORE: 165


COMMENTS: Tall with some spread. Excellent condition.


COMMON NAME: Japanese cedar

SPECIES: Cryptomeria japonica

LOCATION: 2156 Military Rd

SCORE: 141


COMMENTS: In back yard of townhouse behind Cherrydale library. Very good condition. Almost 6’ in circumference and 57’ tall.


COMMON NAME: Trident maple

SPECIES: Acer buergerianum

LOCATION: 215 N Oakland St

SCORE: 124.5


COMMENTS: Relatively uncommon small tree native to China. This tree is largest documented in Arlington, although there is only one other. Largest in VA scores 159.


COMMON NAME: White mulberry

SPECIES: Morus alba

LOCATION: 401 S Wakefield St

SCORE: 222


COMMENTS: Low-spreading mulberry on street corner. Good condition with recent dead wood removal.


COMMON NAME: American sycamore

SPECIES: Platanus occidentalis

LOCATION: Zachary Taylor Park

SCORE: 60.5

CIRCUMFERENCE: 13.5”

COMMENTS: Young tree with a story. Nominators noticed it down after a storm, lying across Zachary Taylor trail. They put soil around the roots and supported it with a nearby block of wood. They noticed others securing the tree later, and finally they saw that the County had secured it with stakes and ties. Now the tree is sound and strong.


COMMON NAME: Japanese maple

SPECIES: Acer japonica

LOCATION: 6248 Lee Highway

SCORE: 117


COMMENTS: Tree is at right front of property and is in good condition, with a prominent view from Lee Highway.


COMMON NAME: Southern magnolia

SPECIES: Magnolia grandiflora


SCORE: 144.5


COMMENTS: Large magnolia in Bluemont neighborhood. Very good condition.


COMMON NAME: Silver maple

SPECIES: Acer saccharinum


SCORE: 231


COMMENTS: This tree is 30 points smaller than the smallest silver maple previously approved. It also has had substantial pruning and is not attractive.


COMMON NAME: Silver maple

SPECIES: Acer saccharinum

LOCATION: 708 N Ivy St

SCORE: 189.5


COMMENTS: This tree is even smaller than the last, and is not in good condition. Although the owner submitted nice comments about wildlife in the tree, it is just not large enough.


COMMON NAME: Northern red oak

SPECIES: Quercus rubra

LOCATION: 1705 N Stafford St

SCORE: 178


COMMENTS: Enthusiastic owners nominated three trees in their yard, plus the tree on Zachary Taylor trail. This is a nice, tall, straight red oak, but is 70 points smaller than the lowest approved northern red oak.




LOCATION: Wakefield HS

SCORE: 170


COMMENTS: This tree is both too small and in too poor condition for approval. It has much die-back and substantial dead wood.

VISIBILITY: School property.

notable tree nominations: 2019 · score: 60.5 circumference: 13.5” comments: young tree with a...

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