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Level of Significance

  • File
  • Local
  • Regional
  • State
  • National

Age

?yrs

Trees

13

Diameter

0.5m

Height - 20m

Details

Common name
Japanese Chestnut Oak
Botanical name
Quercus acutissima
Type
Avenue
Condition
Poor
Municipality
Indigo (VIC)
Location
Harper Avenue, Beechworth VIC 3747
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Outstanding size (Scientific)
  • Outstanding species (Scientific)
  • Other scientific (Scientific)
  • Location/Context (Social)
  • Landscape (Social)
  • Unusual (Aesthetic)
Date of measurement
07 Apr 2010
Date of classification
13 Feb 1986

Statement of Significance

Contribution to the landscape<BR>Rare or localised<BR><BR>A fine street planting of a species rare in cultivation. This row of 13 trees is possibly the only example of this species used as a street tree in the Victoria. <EM>Quercus acutissima </EM>is originally native to eastern Asia; China Korea and Japan..<BR>Located on east side of Harper Avenue.