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Level of Significance

  • File
  • Local
  • Regional
  • State
  • National

Age

?yrs

Trees

1

Diameter

0.9m

Height - 23m

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Details

Common name
Black Beech
Botanical name
Nothofagus solandri
Type
Specimen
Condition
Poor
Municipality
Yarra Ranges (VIC)
Location
Perrins Creek Road Kallista VIC 3791
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Rare (Scientific)
  • Outstanding size (Scientific)
  • Outstanding species (Scientific)
  • Person/Group/Institution (Historic)
Date of measurement
08 Dec 1999
Date of classification
20 Sep 2000

Statement of Significance

The land was settled in the 1920s by the WIlliams family who operated a nursery until the 1960s. The nursery was operating at its peak in the 1950s and was purchased by the State Government in 1984. The site has many fine exotic and rare or uncommon trees. This Nothofagus solandri (Black Beech) is an outstanding specimen, forming a dense rounded crown, and is animportant feature in the landscape. The species is rare in cultivation and the only other known trees are smaller single specimens in the Royal Botanic Gardens and Pirianda. No other tree has the size orform of this impressivetree.The tree is in good condition, with minor dead wood.