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The tree, located off Route 211 between Washington and Sperryville, was discovered by Jenkins while he was evaluating pine planting sites for an adjoining landowner.
It stands 54 feet tall with a crown spread of 54 feet at its* widest point, a circumference of 144‘/j inches and a diameter of 46 inches. Around 15 or 16 inches in diameter is about average for a large sassafras, according to Kline.
The Forestry Association recognizes state champions in different varieties of trees native to Virginia, basing the ranking on height, circumference and crown spread.
Wayland's sassafras is the first from Rappahannock to achieve top rating.
“It's hard to get a state champ. With 16,000.000 acres in Virginia, you’re talking about billions of trees,” Kline said. "A lot of the trees that are state champions are yard trees. You're not going to find a state champ in the middle of the woods because the competition keeps them from getting too big.”
The towering sassafras is situated at the edge of an open field next to a lane. Jenkins and Kline estimate that the tree is between 150 and 200 years old.
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Three major fault lines—Hayward, Calaveras, and San Andreas—cross the San Francisco Bay region. Some geologists fear a large quake in the next 20 years along the San Andreas Fault, whose last violent movement touched off the 1906 earthquake and fire.
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