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Level of Significance

  • File
  • Local
  • Regional
  • State
  • National

Age (approx)

130yrs

Trees

1

Diameter

1m

Height - 16m

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Details

Common name
Algerian Oak
Botanical name
Quercus canariensis
Type
Individual Tree
Condition
Good
Municipality
Hepburn (VIC)
Location
2269 Werona-Kingston Rd Kingston VIC 3364
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Outstanding size (Scientific)
  • Landscape (Social)
  • Attractive (Aesthetic)
  • Unusual (Aesthetic)
Date of measurement
14 Dec 2021
Date of classification
19 Jun 2023

Statement of Significance

What is significant?
An individual, unmodified Algerian Oak growing along the edge of an old, disused track that once led to a ford that crossed Birch’s Creek (formerly Bullarook Creek). The tree is in Bullarook Creek Streamside Reserve.

How is it significant?
This Algerian Oak Trees is significant for scientific, social and aesthetic reasons at the Regional level.

Why is it significant?
This Algerian Oak Trees is scientifically significant for a large canopy spread and large trunk circumference. It is significant for its contribution to the local landscape due to the connection with early farming and settlement in the area. The tree was most likely planted prior to 1883 along a track that led to a ford. A bluestone bridge was constructed over the creek in 1883. The track is currently overgrown but some bluestone cobbles are still visible in sections. The tree is aesthetically significant for the natural/unmodified open-growth form which includes sweeping low branches which are unusually low to the ground. There are two younger Algerian Oak trees growing near this Significant Algerian Oak.