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Level of Significance

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  • Local
  • Regional
  • State
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Age

?yrs

Trees

55

Diameter

?m

Height - 3m

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Details

Common name
Yarran
Botanical name
Acacia omalophylla
Type
Stand
Condition
Poor
Municipality
Moira (VIC)
Location
Picola-Katunga Road Yalca VIC 3637
Access
Unrestricted
Significances
  • Rare (Scientific)
  • Location/Context (Social)
  • Landscape (Social)
Date of measurement
06 Jul 1988
Date of classification
14 Jul 1988

Statement of Significance

Located by the Uniting Church, 100 metres west on the north side of the road. This species is rare in Victoria, the only other known locality is at Lake Rowan. In the 1920's Dr Willis recalls a large stand of mature trees in the paddock and a picture taken in 1962 shows 3 large trees in the adjoining paddock similar in size to the Lake Rowan population. The 1978 report by LaTrobe University mentions the trees as 20-25 feet tall and moribund. This stand is at great risk.<BR>The nearby mature stand (sighted 1978) have all died.