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Level of Significance

  • File
  • Local
  • Regional
  • State
  • National

Age (approx)

?yrs

Trees

40

Diameter

1m

Height - 12m

Details

Common name
Cork Oak
Botanical name
Quercus suber
Type
Stand
Condition
Poor
Municipality
Hepburn (VIC)
Location
Mt Beckworth Scenic Park, Mount Beckworth VIC 3363
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Horicultural/Genetic (Scientific)
  • Location/Context (Social)
Date of measurement
01 Aug 1985
Date of classification
08 Aug 1985

Statement of Significance

Horticultural Value:<BR>40 tree of horticultural or genetic value and could be an important source of propagating stock, including specimens that are particularly resistant to disease or exposure.<BR><BR>Location or Context<BR>40trees which occur in a unique location or context and so provide a contribution to the landscape.<BR><BR>An interesting stand of Cork Oaks planted along the southern edge of a pine plantation (Pinus radiata) which has been logged. The stand isone of the many trial plantings ofspecies by the former Forests Commission. It may be of genetic importance and is a potential seed source.