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Tree Information x
| Identifier: | HBR/0827 |
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| Tree Type: | Single |
| Registered By: | Smillie, M.J. |
| Registration Category: | Notable tree – National interest |
| General Notes: |
A large totara, featured as Tree No. 57 in Burstall and Sale's "Great Trees of New Zealand". Located in A'Deanes Bush Scenic Reserve, a 38.5 ha reserve with approximately 15 ha of remnant native forest. The reserve was given to the Deptartment of Lands and Survey in the 1970's after being preserved by the Ashscott (later A'Deanes) family who settled the region in 1854.
Dr Patrick Grant notes that the bole of the tree is hollow, and the age of the tree is 450 years (the age of other large podocarp trees in the reserve) or older. Burstall and Sale recorded the tree measurements at follows: 265 cm dbh, 34 m high, with a 14.7 m bole. Grant recorded the measurements as 295 cm dbh and 27 m in height, with a 12 m bole. A signpost at the tree states the height as 33 m (Smillie 2011). Sources: S.W. Burstall and E.V. Sale "Great Trees of New Zealand", 1984 P.J. Grant "Hawke's Bay Forests of Yesterday", 1996 Department of Conservation, "Explore Hawkes Bay", 2010 |
Single Tree Details
| Genus: | Podocarpus | |
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| Species: | totara | |
| Common names: | tōtara, | |
| Given Name: | A'Deanes totara | |
| Height: | 30.90m | |
| Height measurement method: | Laser Nikon Forestry 550 | |
| Height Comments: | Straight shot further along the track to an obscured top in difficult conditions. | |
| Girth: | 880 cm | |
| Girth measurement height: | 1.4 m | |
| Girth Comments: | Measurement goes over the top of some large buttresses/flanges | |
| Diameter: | 280.1 cm | |
| Crown Spread A: | 17.00m | |
| Crown Spread B: | 15.00m | |
| Avg. Crown Spread: | 16.00m | |
| Actual Planting Date: | actual date not specified | |
| Approx. Planting Date: |
1400 e.g. circa. 1860 |
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| Current Age: | 624 years | |
| Tree Health Description: | Reported as having a hollow trunk. Some bare branches noted at the top of the tree (July 2011) | |
| Tree Form Type: | Single Trunk | |
| Number of Trunks: | 1 | |
| Tree Form Comments: | Slightly suppressed on one side by a neighbouring tree. | |
| Champion Tree Score: | 461 | |
| Local Protection Status: | Yes | |
| Tree Present: | Yes | |
| STEM Score: | 0 |
Observations
| Date | Observer | Action |
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| 22 Jul 2011 | Smillie, M.J. |
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Images
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Matt Smillie | 22 Jul 2011 |
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Matt Smillie | 22 Jul 2011 |