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Tree Information x

Identifier: SR/0523
Historical Reg No: 306
Tree Type: Single
Registered By: Baird, D.
Registration Category: Notable tree/s – Local interest
General Notes:


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'One of two large Totara in Kilmock Bush. Easily seen from the walking track. They are ecologically significant for their siting on sandhills. The Parks Division Invercargill state that Kilmock Bush, after being reduced to it's present proportions by European settlement logging operations, is now predominantly regenerating as Totara forest'. Baird 1993.

Single Tree Details

Genus: Podocarpus
Species: totara
Common names: tōtara,
Height: 12.80m
Height measurement method: Estimated
Height Comments: (none)
Girth: 400 cm
Girth measurement height: 1.4 m
Girth Comments: (none)
Diameter: 127.3 cm
Crown Spread A: 12.00m
Crown Spread B: 12.00m
Avg. Crown Spread: 12.00m
Actual Planting Date: actual date not specified
Approx. Planting Date:
e.g. circa. 1860
Current Age: not known years
Tree Health Description: (none)
Tree Form Type: Single Trunk
Number of Trunks: 1
Tree Form Comments: (none)
Champion Tree Score: 209
Local Protection Status: Unknown
Tree Present: Yes
STEM Score: 0

Observations

Date Observer Action
01 Jan 1993 Baird, D.

Location

Lat/Long: -46.427028 / 168.261466
Location Name: Fosbender Park
Address: Dunns Road
Suburb:
City/Town: Invercargill
Region: Southland
Location Description: Located beside Kilmock Bush track
Public Accessibility: Local Council Park
Local Authority: Invercargill City Council

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