details

Statement of Significance

This tree is a very large specimen of Brachychiton populneus in the Melbourne metropolitan area. The tree would have been planted not long after Elwood was established as a suburb suggesting it is somewhere between 80 to 90 years in age.<BR>The tree is tall and well balanced in formand is currently the tree is in good health with very few dead branches evident.<B><BR></B>Compared to all other cultivated Kurrajongs on the register this tree is the tallest, but it falls well short when compared to a single 22 metre high wild tree at Maringa Creek, Nyerimilang Park.<BR>For its height and good condition it has a comparatively low trunk circumference. This suggests it is a young tree which has a lot more growing to do if it is well care for in the future.<BR>08/03/2011: This tree is no longer in Clarke Reserve. A house now occupies this address and the tree is in an alcove of the house. It would appear that the house was designed &amp; built to accommodate the tree<