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Statement of Significance

This is a stand of approximately 400 trees, both juvenile and mature, and is the only known occurrence of this species in Victoria. It appears to be an isolated pocket in midst of forest of Mt Grey Gum, Shining Gum, Red Box, Silvertop, White Stringbark.

Corymbia maculata normally occurs along coastal and subcoastal New South Wales from Manning River valley south to Bega.

Many people are familiar with the Spotted Gum as a planted ornamental tree, but few have seen them as natural forest.

The entire grove was impacted by the 2020 East Gippsland bushfires. However, despite the intensity of the bushfires, as of March 2020 the grove has shown some early and very encouraging signs of survival. There is evidence of shiny scarlet epicormic growth produced by underground lignotubers, as well as tiny seedlings.

The Spotted Gum stand is of State significance for scientific (rare or localised species) reasons.

2020 Images courtesy of Mark Antos, Parks Victoria