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Level of Significance

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Age (approx)

?yrs

Trees

1

Diameter

0.9m

Height - 41m

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Details

Common name
Tulip Tree
Botanical name
Liriodendron tulipifera
Type
Specimen
Condition
Poor
Municipality
Yarra Ranges (VIC)
Location
"Kenloch", 487 Mt Dandenong Tourist Road, Olinda VIC 3788
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Location/Context (Social)
  • Landscape (Social)
Date of measurement
19 Nov 1990
Date of classification
13 Dec 1990

Statement of Significance

<P>A tree outstanding for its large height, trunk circumference or canopy spread.<BR><BR>A very tall, upright specimen growing within a closed forest of exotic trees. Remnant of plantings by JC Cole, of Cole's Nursery, in the 1870s and 1880s. Ivy at the base of the tree should be removed. The tree is located between the house and Clematis Creek