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Level of Significance

  • File
  • Local
  • Regional
  • State
  • National

Age

60yrs

Trees

40

Diameter

?m

Height - ?m

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Details

Common name
Flowering Plums
Botanical name
Prunus cerasifera "Nigra" / Prunus X blireiadia
Type
Avenue
Condition
Good
Municipality
Devonport City Council (TAS)
Location
Tasmanian Institute Of Agriculture - Vegetable Research Facility Forthside Road Forth TAS 7310
Access
Restricted
Significances
  • Location/Context (Social)
  • Landscape (Social)
  • Landmark (Social)
  • Attractive (Aesthetic)
Date of germination
01 Jan 1966
Date of measurement
11 Apr 2014
Date of classification
14 Oct 1996

Statement of Significance

The avenue of flowering Prunus is astriking feature in the landcape when it is in blossom and makes an important contribution to the intensive agricultural landscape of the Forth Valley

Notes

When first entered on the Significant Tree Register in 1991 there were 48 trees on the south side of the drive and26 on the north side of the drive. Now there are only 22 on the south side of the drive and 18 on the north side.