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Tree Information x
| Identifier: | NNR/0762 |
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| Tree Type: | Single |
| Registered By: | Cadwallader, B.G. |
| Registration Category: | Notable tree – National interest |
| General Notes:
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This tree is located on the southern boundary of the Botanics Reserve, the birthplace of New Zealand Rugby. The first game was played here on Saturday 14 May 1870.
There are five other large London plane trees located around the playing field with this one being the largest. S.W. Burstall was led to believe that these trees were Platanus orientalis, in a list of local trees supplied to him, with one being subsequently reported as the tallest in New Zealand. No old P. orientalis are known to have existed in this area. Cadwallader 2011. Ref; 'A Working List of Notable and Historic Trees of the Nelson Province' D.H. Leigh & W.H. Jolliffe, August 1969. New Zealand Forest Service, Forest Research Institute, Forest Mensuration Report No. 21, 1974 (unpublished), pg. 29. 'Great Trees of New Zealand', Burstall & Sale 1984, pg. 264. |
Single Tree Details
| Genus: | Platanus | |
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| Species: | x hispanica 'Acerifolia' | |
| Common names: | London plane, | |
| Height: | 35.00m | |
| Height measurement method: | Laser Nikon Forestry 550 | |
| Height Comments: | (none) | |
| Girth: | 781 cm | |
| Girth measurement height: | 1.4 m | |
| Girth Comments: | (none) | |
| Diameter: | 248.6 cm | |
| Crown Spread A: | 30.00m | |
| Crown Spread B: | 33.00m | |
| Avg. Crown Spread: | 31.50m | |
| Actual Planting Date: | actual date not specified | |
| Approx. Planting Date: |
e.g. circa. 1860 |
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| Current Age: | not known years | |
| Tree Health Description: | In very good health | |
| Tree Form Type: | Single Trunk | |
| Number of Trunks: | 1 | |
| Tree Form Comments: | (none) | |
| Champion Tree Score: | 448 | |
| Local Protection Status: | Yes | |
| Tree Present: | Yes | |
| STEM Score: | 0 |
Observations
| Date | Observer | Action |
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| 01 Dec 2020 | Cadwallader, B.G. | |
| 19 Sep 2010 | Cadwallader, B.G. |
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Images
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Brad Cadwallader | 10 Sep 2010 |
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Brad Cadwallader | 09 Sep 2010 |
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Brad Cadwallader | 01 Sep 2010 |