tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39718236807856853992023-11-17T03:43:54.291+10:00Veteran Tree Group AustraliaThe Veteran Tree Group of Australia (VTGA) is a group of passionate people committed to ensuring the long term future of all significant trees in Australia through raising public awareness of their importance providing public access to and encouraging the application of world's best conservation practice and increasing people's enjoyment of older trees.Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-88341800103703671292011-12-16T08:04:00.000+10:002011-12-16T08:04:11.379+10:00Brachychiton sp. Ormeau<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For about 15 years there have been local environmentalists and botanists in the Ormeau and Gold Coast region of SE Queensland trying to tell people about the unique little bottle tree growing down there which was not (as many had thought) a hybrid but in fact a seperate species. I write little because the only ones I have seen were small despite having semi mature characteristics....apparently the tree will reach 30m in its preferred habitat of remanat rainforest <a href="http://www.greeningaustralia.org.au/community/news-item?newsItemId=311&state=4&newsListingUrl=community/qld&nationalId=7">Ormeau Bottle Tree</a> - very little of which is left in the Ormeau region. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ormeau location shown by the letter 'A'</td></tr>
</tbody></table><span style="font-family: Arial;">A few days ago we happened to be travelling along Upper Ormeau Road and took time to photograph one of the Ormeau Bottle Trees which is growing right next to the road reserve.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It is a lovely little tree with very interesting features, easily confused with and mistaken for a Mango when driving along, it has mottled bark almost a pruniose surface to the stems.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The leaves are very variable in shape size and colour as the tree gets older, but on close examination you would quickly realise that this tree was a Brachychiton sp.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The location of the tree we looked at near the road edge was less than ideal given it is under transmission lines and has been cut repeatedly over the decades since the lines went in. We will make inquiries of the utility company to see if any bundling of cables is practical. It should be said though that despite the cutting the tree appears to be very healthy and vigorous.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a research program running <a href="http://www.goldcoast.com.au/article/2011/10/26/360355_gold-coast-news.html">Research into rare Bottle tree</a> to help direct conservation efforts, this is being funded by a large land developer in the region, we certainly hope that the research aids in protecting and increasing the population of this lovely local tree.</span>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-7203354502692589552011-01-09T06:14:00.001+10:002011-01-09T06:36:33.065+10:00Remnant Veteran Eucalyptus tereticornis Coomera<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This tree approximately 35m north of the Coomera River contains some of the largest diameter deadwood and hollow habitat I have ever seen in person. I have read about such habitat but never actually been in a tree that has such rare treasures.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Head and shoulders above its neighbours the remnant tree is clearly visible from the motorway </td></tr>
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It can be clearly seen from the M1 motorway when travelling to or from Brisbane, in a landscape that has been completely transformed in the last 160yrs it is the last of the forest remnants in the region.</span></div> <br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Despite the amount of land clearing carried out in the first wave (1840-1890) the picture above indicates how much forest remained along the banks of the Coomera River in the 1920's, within 30yrs almost all of this vegetation had been removed to permit dairy farming and other agricultural practices.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bridge construction (looking north) 1928</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It is possible to identify the remnant tree in a photo of the bridge construction over the Coomera River from 1928.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">By 1980 only a few paddock trees and lucky remnants remain across the region, still predating the M1 the picture does show the two smaller road bridges (both still present and in use today).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The tree today carries the scars from long past storm damage that tore out the top half of the tree, the upper canopy visible today is all regrowth from that traumatic event.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The hollow habitat held aloft comprises every imaginable combination of diameter sizes, entrance hole orientation and scale.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><object height="310" width="380"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z4nlidxwEI0?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Z4nlidxwEI0?fs=1&hl=en_US&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="380" height="310"></embed></object>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-50589697444958727432011-01-07T09:05:00.003+10:002011-01-07T16:12:01.393+10:00The tragedy of the roadside tree <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This video comes from </span><a href="http://www.ancient-tree.org.uk/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jill and Ted's tree-mendous Adventure</span></a> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It would seem that in Britain just like here in Australia there persists a mistaken attitude towards trees that demonstrate veteran characteristics of age. It would seem that until there is a greater understanding of the critical difference between plant and animal pathology this kind of disasterous action will be sadly repeated elsewhere.</span><br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" height="295" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wuxC3rxXMIo?fs=1" width="380"></iframe>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-43523095238510529942010-10-28T09:31:00.002+10:002010-10-28T09:34:59.230+10:00Preservation of Veteran Fig Tree Townsville Railway Station<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During one of my all too brief visits back to North Queensland I was fortunate enough to help plan preservation works for one of three Veteran Weeping Fig Trees in the Heritage precinct of the old Townsville Railway Station. (This older station c1890 is no longer connected to the QR line but remains a popular visiting spot for tourists).</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Railway precinct 1910 the figs already providing welcome amenity</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The first (c1930) in a very long cycle of cutting to toparise the canopies of the figs (Picture curtesy of JCU Library collection)</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Queensland Rail have been historically a huge influence on the development of urban centres throughout regional Queensland, and the architectural form of the Townsville Station facade extended to the formal landscape in front of the building.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The choice of <em>Ficus benjamina ~</em> weeping figs<em> </em>was not all that surprising except that the stock may have come from Brisbane, it is amusing to conjecture that they may have come from the plants collected by Walter Hill (perhaps one of the most influencial horticulturalists in Queensland through the 1880's).</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">We know from conversations with older railway employees that the trees were looked after by QR staff for many decades...in fact some pride is expressed about the cutting work carried out with cane knives from step ladders, and within the trees themselves.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Over time cvhanges in asset management has resulted in less regular maintenance for the trees and growth in the canopies has resulted in pronounced elongation of many limbs. This is not in itself a huge problem for such a robust species...except that some ill advised major flush cutting had left stem tissues exposed to expanding dysfunction and decay.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Where large columns of decay in the stem and very elongated limb growth come together this has proved to be a recipe for failure.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Side view of the asymmetrical canopy 2010, failure occuring</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The origin of the failure in the stem tissues - very large flush cut in the past </td></tr>
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When determining what the best course for remediation, due </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">consideration was given to the health and safety the general public together with the huge historical and cultural value that these tree represent for Townsville.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Given the observations of good health and vigour (other than the dysfunction and decay related to the past poor cutting practices) it was felt that if the movement of the failing section of the canopy could be arrested <u>and</u> the growing conditions improved, retention of the entire tree was practical and desirable.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to the works relating to the recent failure these trees were to be hedged as part of the regular</span> <span style="font-family: Arial;">(now more regular than in the past) pruning program. Active planning to reduce asymmetry in other trees in the group is being incorporated into that program.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Legal requirement to provide clearance for road traffic will drive reduction on this side as much as any desire to reduce loading of the union with the scaffold limb</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stephen Murphy and Tim Willey from Northern Tree Specialists carried out all the tree works on these trees</span>, <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">it is testiment to the ethos of their company and Queensland Rail that so much effort and resource is being provided to preserve these living reminders of the origins of the city of Townsville.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Installation of the first screw prop</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Second and third screw props going in, each engineered to support 8 tonnes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of the saddle of the props</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Locking off the screw thread</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Following the installation fo the props</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> (</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">which</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">were designed to specifications from a structrural engineer to be capable of supporting 8 tonnes each) the reduction pruning was carried out together with the hedging of the canopies.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reduction pruning on the road side of the canopy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the reduction pruning of the asymmetrical elongation of the canopy</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kerbside view every effort was made to locate the cuts adjacent to nodes within the branches</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Footpath view, again knowing the future cycle of pruning cuts were made adjacent to visible nodes</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is no doubt I my opinion that this kind of pruing is amongst the most difficult to perform correctly. The pictures are not perhaps the best to illustrate the careful individual branch by branch selection of cutting points with the intention of locating nodes (growing points) within the branch outside of which the cut is made.</span><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Often people lay claim to having carried out such pruning when really all they have done is 'lop' the tree paying no head to the structure of the branch and the presence of nodes. I think that Northern Tree Specialists have done a really good job in achieving the outcome visible in the canopy of the pruned tree.</span><br />
</div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It is hoped that future hedging cycles will encourage the growth and maintenance of foliage over the areas currently showing bare branches.</span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial;">A video of the tree its problems and the installation of the props can be viewed on our video channel <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9pknvOiTQ0">Preservation works on Veteran Fig Tree Townsville Railway Station</a></span></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: left;"> </div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The complete topiary pruning of the three trees.</td></tr>
</tbody></table></div><div style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; text-align: center;"></div>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-14706633789126074432010-10-16T21:57:00.002+10:002010-10-27T19:08:57.678+10:00Condong White Fig, revisited.<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its been almost ayear since I posted about the very accomodating Angie near the sugar mill at Condong <a href="http://veterantreegroup.blogspot.com/2009/12/veteran-fig-tree-at-condong.html">Veteran fig tree at Condong</a> (right click and select open in new window). Well after a lovely morning spent walking through the Brunswick Heads Nature Reserve hunting orchids I was driving past this beautiful Ficus yet again. I put a short video together during this visit; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISjM4moMWG4">Condong White Fig</a> (right click and select open in new window). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">I cannot convey just how much in awe I am of figs of this age, they truely are magnificent...amazingly Angie is really only a medium sized specimen.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial;">This year her new leaves were without the heavy sooty mould and insect pests that have been so evident on other visits.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The very bad, and wild weather we have been having recently had resulted in the failure of a small live limb (100mm diameter) from the upper canopy which was lying on the ground and another which although twisted around 270 degrees was still attached in the canopy.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Doubtless largely due to the very free draining aluvial soils beneath her, there are no surface growing buttresses visible on Angie...so common with larger older figs of this species when grown on less favourable soil conditions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The impact of the aluvial soils on healthy root growth is something that is in her favour, sadly the proximity of the road is not, and I fear that the consequences of more recent road widening will significantly impact on the Angie's longevity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">The ensuing media reports alarmed a number of us greatly...all talk of lopping, drilling draining branch unions and installing rain covers over hollows etc...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">So disturbing were these reports that an email was sent by me on behalf of the VTG to the Director of the AWM Steve Gower AO AO (Mil) (Retd). Until a fortnight ago I had not actually visited the AWM nor the Lone Pine tree.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tree looks better tha any <em>Pinus halepensis</em> I have visited in Queensland, the soil remediation work through spreading aged woodchip is really pleasing to see. The Arboricultural and Horticultural staff shold be proud of their work following the storm damage, and I truely thank them for their efforts. Perhaps just moving the fence out to the edge of the mulch circle would be advisable to stop visitors (passionate Arbs and Vet tree hunters) trampling the root plate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I think some of the angles of the previous photos give the impression that the tree is entirely isolated...this is not the case (despite its name....Lone Pine!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It is great that the Lone Pine does have a group of succession plantings adjacent to it....we should never forget just how important long term planning is and in this regard, how important succession planting will be to ensuring that generations into the future can enjoy the benefits of the significant trees we so admire today.</span><br />
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</div>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-44285355394353786682010-08-19T23:03:00.000+10:002010-08-19T23:03:08.589+10:00Less famous Veteran trees around Springbrook<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some shots of some less famous Veteran Trees to be found around Springbrook National Park....what they lack in fame they make up for in appearance!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This one appears to be sitting on top of a young boy....</span><br />
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</div>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-70719573192214979252010-08-14T09:30:00.001+10:002010-08-14T09:34:37.860+10:00Antarctic beech trees of Springbrook ~ Nothofagus moorei<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is something quite spooky about the spot on top Springbrook where these relics of Gondwana live...especially if your visit coincides with the mists drifting in....</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial;">However even in the crisp clear light of a cool spring day these trees still manage to mesmerise me, the age of the root crown and lower stems could span out to 2000 years.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial;">Nothofagus moorei ~ Antarctic beech only grow in a few spots in Australia they need the unique environment of a cool temperate rainforest between altitudes of 500m - 1500m, they will even tolerate snowfall....not much of that at Springbrook mind you!</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial;">There has been prolonged debate about just how the populations in such isolated spots like Springbrook are managing to reproduce...was it just through suckering (vegetative reproduction) or could they be producing viable seed through sexual reproduction, apparently viable seed production is possible. </span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial;">Clearly the limtations of their distribution to these very climate specific locations supports the theory that they are remnants from a time when cooler conditions were far more widespread.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Its a bit funny to think of these trees really liking it even cooler when you are up on the top of Springbrook on a windy rainy cold grey day.......</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial;">but thats trees for you....even the ancient ones are fickle things!</span>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-55719495021183310652010-06-20T12:03:00.004+10:002010-06-20T18:56:08.194+10:00Figs; stand out and be recognised<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the main reasons why figs in Southeast Queensland have such a significant role as historical markers of important phases of white settlement and agricultural development is simply their physical size relative to the vegetation around them.</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial;">Large spreading canopied trees that were both reliable and rapid in their growth have always been desirable on rural properties especially when the vast majority of the vegetation has been removed to permit the particular production process of the farm to progress.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Long after the farm buildings have collapsed into disrepair or been entirely removed, the large dominant figs are often the only remaining reminder of what was once there....and with a little forethought...they can be retained within whatever the current passing phase of landscape use is proposed....(Of course with even less forethought - they are often severely damaged or destroyed)</span><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Arial;">Figs have often been planted onto the stumps of felled Eucalyptus or other previously dominant canopy trees around the farmstead, taking advantage of their epiphytic growth characteristics, their amazing vine like root systems that envelope and swallow anything they encounter.</span><br />
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</div>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-28346704755149265082010-05-20T21:05:00.000+10:002010-05-20T21:05:44.248+10:00Jacobs Creek.....famous for....Veteran Trees!!!<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLCAL3bfV9G8QH3hYZJ8PakZHBwSa2yB3vqMqcMvnMvxDKSjB_S9nTnXaD48nGtRjW25QmtueeRqLVzYay93Xt9kGb8yL0EJu6f7p6AP7WKm7kuKIR8mF1kcHPGVHxAGeHNWTD1wyqvcw/s1600/DSCN1101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gu="true" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLCAL3bfV9G8QH3hYZJ8PakZHBwSa2yB3vqMqcMvnMvxDKSjB_S9nTnXaD48nGtRjW25QmtueeRqLVzYay93Xt9kGb8yL0EJu6f7p6AP7WKm7kuKIR8mF1kcHPGVHxAGeHNWTD1wyqvcw/s400/DSCN1101.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This area was settle in the 1840's by the Jacob family (amongst others) , William Jacob had been the assistant surveyor to Col. William Light, "Founder of Adelaide", and had surveyed the area around the creek which came to bear his name in the early 1830's.</span></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-35897041017064056212010-05-20T20:41:00.002+10:002010-05-20T20:44:23.626+10:00Defiant Pepper Trees at Greenock SA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On one of the main streets through the small South Australian town of Greenock in the Barossa are two wonderful Veteran Pepper Trees (<em>Schinus molle</em>).</span><br />
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</div><div class="" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It is worth reminding yourself that the Pepper tree is considered an environmental weed, yet rather like the Camphor Laurel (<em>Cinnamomum camphora</em>) in Queensland, when it reaches this kind of age it has veteran characteristics folds, hollows and scars in its stems and limbs from years gone by that leave you in awe.</span> </div>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-2282761287937468332010-01-11T15:04:00.003+10:002010-01-11T15:21:00.470+10:00Gundagai veteranSean has subtly reminded me that I intended to contribute to this forum, so here I am. I must admit to a degre of nervousness; when I compare myself to the excellent arborists out there I don't feel like I've much to contribute. Perhaps I should be comparing <span style="font-style: italic;">them </span>to some of the awesome veteran trees around the place to get a sense of perspective.<br /><br />In any case, during my travels I came across a fantastic <span style="font-style: italic;">Eucalyptus camaldulensis</span>, next to Oibell Drive and the historic railway bridge in Gundagai. As seems frequently to be the case, the tree does not look so large and impressive on Google Earth images as some other - evidently younger - trees, but up close it is truly awesome.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1DYAmZ_kZ6sBW-5bQHcNPT0SWyItI2tyGWRS7vwo0r3Lbo5MKS6FX-T7_FQFsjsmnv62HsnX7edox9Wk_jlf-Yvpl0HqlR7w4_ACPNDdqn0Rhxmb5oE4DEs3djB6UHrI9zv5521Y65U/s1600-h/veteran+google+image2.bmp"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 504px; height: 340px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1DYAmZ_kZ6sBW-5bQHcNPT0SWyItI2tyGWRS7vwo0r3Lbo5MKS6FX-T7_FQFsjsmnv62HsnX7edox9Wk_jlf-Yvpl0HqlR7w4_ACPNDdqn0Rhxmb5oE4DEs3djB6UHrI9zv5521Y65U/s320/veteran+google+image2.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425345575413651346" border="0" /></a><br /><br />As you can see, the canopy of the veteran (indicated by red arrow) is not as broad as some of the other local trees. It does however have significant features of veteranisation, including previous loss of apical stem, canopy senescence, and substantial hollowing.<br /><br />I couldn't begin to give an accurate assessment of the tree age, and I'd be guessing if I said it was probably at least as old as the nearby railway bridge (also visible in the google shot), which was built in 1902.<br /><br />I'd be interested if anyone happens to have old photos that might feature this tree - or indeed the location without the tree - in order to provide a more accurate age range. I've contacted to Gundagai library for some more leads. In the mean time, here are some pictures of the tree up close.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFMjM91kZDGn2r11s8dDNz1rMzrRiMQ14PxdKa-kQ0FCwlvpWGSdlYezOQMsmJ2iNF4z38C_A74BFnWN1rFuvbkRcAzwkNE0fwX-Ahis945DYKbFqoCX9td501iZiyrOSkh6gG3TzRRc/s1600-h/DSCF4669.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfFMjM91kZDGn2r11s8dDNz1rMzrRiMQ14PxdKa-kQ0FCwlvpWGSdlYezOQMsmJ2iNF4z38C_A74BFnWN1rFuvbkRcAzwkNE0fwX-Ahis945DYKbFqoCX9td501iZiyrOSkh6gG3TzRRc/s320/DSCF4669.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425345579719014290" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE1XiTBdjt-5C7O9VVTw92IqhzHSgVd4ME8F0UO3NReEpbQPQGjoPBIyNZT9PWTb1Ya2qhtpQXRjGPqAmRksXl-qHWHix1UELsrletdkpsqGGKkR6HVv2YBA6zuxp8xl3CrDQtOtAGyYc/s1600-h/DSCF4671.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE1XiTBdjt-5C7O9VVTw92IqhzHSgVd4ME8F0UO3NReEpbQPQGjoPBIyNZT9PWTb1Ya2qhtpQXRjGPqAmRksXl-qHWHix1UELsrletdkpsqGGKkR6HVv2YBA6zuxp8xl3CrDQtOtAGyYc/s320/DSCF4671.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425345586443012418" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFj_oZuCtmm60mgM73sM15XpBHli07OqxWHGzk4QoAcVWRjXepyfqFZpeTw3I00m87N0F4CZi5XJZZAwWKe271NfUWwuTmxoNnXb2BfBssnhf9wz1_m7XY8etHYEEiap3YFqRoeU1KfQ/s1600-h/DSCF4674.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheFj_oZuCtmm60mgM73sM15XpBHli07OqxWHGzk4QoAcVWRjXepyfqFZpeTw3I00m87N0F4CZi5XJZZAwWKe271NfUWwuTmxoNnXb2BfBssnhf9wz1_m7XY8etHYEEiap3YFqRoeU1KfQ/s320/DSCF4674.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425345593894509954" border="0" /></a>Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14515158027815243925noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-9891493914708858092010-01-09T11:22:00.002+10:002010-01-09T11:25:19.054+10:00Classic Veteran Tree : Curtain Fig Tree Yungaburra<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another classic Queensland Veteran Tree is the Curtain Fig west of Yungaburra on the Atherton Tablelands.</span><br />
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</div>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-87588214619409925492010-01-09T08:24:00.029+10:002010-01-09T09:07:24.639+10:00Ancient Kauri Pines at Lake Barrine Atherton Tablelands<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As part of my recent flying trip to Far North Queensland (FNQ) I met a couple of Bull Kauri Pines ~ <em>Agathis microstachya </em>at the edge of Lake Barrine on the Atherton Tablelands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Right click this link and open as a new window to view some pictures of the logs and an information plaque. <a href="http://www.nationalregisterofbigtrees.com.au/listing_view.php?listing_id=121">National Register of Big Trees</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Whilst it was difficult to view the compararive heights and spread of the canopies of these Kauris relative to the adjacent forest, the substantial difference in grith throughout the lower stems makes a huge impression on anyone standing next to them.</span><br />
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</div><blockquote style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Mabi Forest is a type of rainforest that occurs in North Queensland. It is found in small patches on the Atherton Tablelands, between the towns of Atherton, Kairi, Yungaburra and Malanda, with a remnant patch also located at Shiptons Flat, near Cooktown. Mabi Forest is otherwise known as Complex Notophyll Vine Forest 5b and includes the Queensland Regional Ecosystem 7.8.3.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">Mabi Forest grows on highly fertile basalt-derived soils, and is characterised by an uneven canopy (25–45m) with many tree layers, scattered deciduous and semi-evergreen trees, and a dense shrub and vine layer. The dense shrub layer distinguishes Mabi Forest from similar rainforests, and provides important habitat for up to 114 bird species.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">A variety of plants and animals make their homes in Mabi Forest, including the nationally threatened Large-eared Horseshoe Bat and Spectacled Flying-fox. Other species, such as the Musky Ratkangaroo and the nationally endangered Southern Cassowary, used to occur in Mabi Forest. However, the remaining patches of Mabi Forest are too small for these animals to survive in, and so the Musky Rat-kangaroo and Southern Cassowary have become locally extinct<br />
</div></blockquote><blockquote style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Mabi Forest has been listed as a critically endangered ecological community under the Commonwealth Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act). Mabi Forest was listed due to its restricted distribution and vulnerability to ongoing threats. There is only 1050 ha of Mabi Forest left, and this occurs as a series of small, isolated patches. Many of the remnant patches of Mabi Forest are being invaded by exotic smothering vines, and feral and domestic animals. The use of remnant patches of Mabi Forest by stock can impact on this ecological community through trampling, grazing and soil compaction.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">National listing of Mabi Forest recognises that its long-term survival is under threat. The purpose of the listing is to prevent its further decline, and assist community efforts toward its recovery.<br />
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</div><div style="text-align: left;">(Quote from Department of the Environment and Heritage, April 2004)<br />
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</div>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-7446987439593861092009-12-28T19:58:00.002+10:002009-12-28T20:03:53.128+10:00Queensland Heritage Council request for submissions to the Heritage Register<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Queensland Heritage Council (QHC) are asking all Queenslanders to think about what local places should be included on the State Heritage Register. These potential heritage places includes trees...</span><br />
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<blockquote><span style="font-size: large;">Our shared heritage</span><br />
(From the QHC website: <a href="http://www.qldheritage.org.au/">http://www.qldheritage.org.au/</a> )<br />
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As the state’s independent advisor on heritage matters, one of the Queensland Heritage Council’s main tasks is to ensure the Queensland heritage register truly tells this state’s story of development – for all Queenslanders.<br />
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To this end, we’ve been grateful for the efforts of the State Government’s statewide heritage survey which has identified more than 200 places so far that are worthy of state heritage listing.<br />
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But we fear time will beat us: that’s why the Heritage Council is seeking Queenslanders’ input. We are asking you to get involved by offering suggestions of local places that you consider worthy of state-heritage listing.<br />
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Together, let’s ensure the Queensland heritage register captures iconic Queensland places of all descriptions.<br />
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What’s wanted:<br />
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Name a place in Queensland that is not yet heritage-listed but which you believe should be by emailing your suggestions to the Queensland Heritage Council on heritage.council@derm.qld.gov.au before 26 January 2010. <br />
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The place you nominate must fit at least one of the following criteria: <br />
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Rare, uncommon or endangered <br />
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Part of Queensland’s development <br />
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Able to tell us something new about our history <br />
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A great example of its type <br />
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Visually appealing <br />
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Creative or technically innovative <br />
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Special to a group for social, cultural or religious reasons <br />
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Linked to an outstanding Queenslander or Queensland group<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The normal nomination forms required to complete a submission - which are quite comprehensive and lengthy - have been set aside during this period up to Jan 26th 2010, presumably to encourage more people to submit potential heritage places.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A simplified form for submitting Veteran Trees (and non tree places!) that represent heritage values in your local area can be found here (NB left clicking this link will take you away from this page): </span><a href="http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/heritage/nameaplace.php"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Historic places in your neighbourhood</span></a><br />
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</blockquote>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-22904890194187192332009-12-23T08:37:00.001+10:002009-12-23T08:40:15.683+10:00Veteran Fig Tree at Condong<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coming back from a trip to the Channon markets and Whian Whian State Conservation Reserve <a href="http://wanderingarborist.blogspot.com/2009/12/whian-whian-sca-and-minyon-falls.html">Whian-Whian SCA and Minyon falls</a> I met (for about the fourth of fifth time) this lovely Veteran Tree a white fig ~ <em>Ficus virens var virens</em> just east of the Condon sugar mill.</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now a good friend of mine Ted Green admonished me for being too eager to climb into every bloomin tree I come across, and Ted is right that our enthusiasm to get close and personal with Veterans and Ancients has to be tempered by respect....but in my defence accomodating Angie was pleading for me to rest in her limbs...</span><br />
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</div>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-92037742043043389652009-11-29T20:22:00.003+10:002009-12-06T19:10:36.855+10:00Cleveland Heritage Pines<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As noted in the post</span> <a href="http://veterantreegroup.blogspot.com/2009/11/photographic-records-help-to-age-trees.html"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photographic records help to age trees</span></a> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">in the southeast corner of Queensland Norfolk Island Pines have often been planted as part of the emerging character of our developing towns, and carried on into the early 20th century municipal landscape design.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">This is the case all along the Gold Coast from Currumbin up to Jacobs Well, it is also the case in Cleveland on Moreton Bay, where two pines in particular stand out as significant historical landmarks. They are located at 127 Shore Street North and are believed to have been planted around the early 1860s by Brisbane Valley squatter Francis Edward Bigge, an enthusiastic promoter of Cleveland as a port town rival to the emerging dominance of Brisbane.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Located right on the bank of the Clarence River is a magnificent Fig Tree Avenue (Breimba Street, Grafton).</span><br />
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</div>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-57596634719232979252009-11-02T00:23:00.001+10:002009-11-09T22:10:05.561+10:00Photographic records help to age Veteran Trees<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One of the biggest advantages we have in Australia when it comes to determining the age and role of many of our siginificant urban trees is that the history of white settlement is so recent, there are some amazing photographic records of the late 1800's and early 1900's that provide insights not only into the presence and size of some trees but help us to place those trees in a historical context....help describe why these trees might have been important.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Local libraries certainly can have surprising collections of books, newspapers and journals all potentially touching indirectly on the topic of large significant vegetation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">A really great collection of photographs are to be found in the National Library of Australia:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It can take <em><strong>400yrs to reach the status of ancient</strong></em>, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;"> <strong><em>it takes less than 5 minutes to preserve such unique trees</em></strong> deciding from a range of management options which ones best fit the specific situation for any individual tree.</span>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-85450442177011047992009-10-10T10:00:00.005+10:002009-11-09T22:12:16.241+10:00Finding Veteran Trees from your armchair….<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Google Earth is a quite amazing tool, it has been used by researchers to identify regions of the world worth closer investigation on the ground leading to some truly remarkable discoveries <a href="http://ecosystem-preservation.suite101.com/article.cfm/using_google_earth_to_find_new_wildlife_habitat">http://ecosystem-preservation.suite101.com/article.cfm/using_google_earth_to_find_new_wildlife_habitat</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well it is no different when it comes to finding likely canopy shapes for some species of veteran trees that with age develop very large spreading canopy forms…figs in particular.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">Now clearly this process is really only useful if you are wanting to find trees with big canopies, and trees that are relatively isolated from other adjacent canopies...it is in other words somewhat limited in its usefulness...however it has enabled me to find some quite remarkable figs in the Gold Coast Hinterland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">What does the tree in the Google actually look like? Well it will be the subject of quite a few posts but here is a teaser of her magnificence...</span><br />
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</div>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-80858090484466891372009-10-09T08:06:00.008+10:002009-11-09T22:12:31.757+10:00You might pass a veteran tree everydayHere is a veteran tree that a great many of us, thousands in fact pass everyday<br />
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This Silky oak - Grevillea robusta is a good representative of the the creek line (riparian) species that would have been very common in this region of the Gold Coast. There are only a small number of Silky oaks of this age and size remaining amidst the increasing spread of urban development.<br />
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As if that were not enough there is another smaller road on the other side of the tree stem, constructed almost at grade....which basically means a very large volume of soil and root mass would have been excavated and replaced with compacted road base.<br />
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This tree is an incredible survivor!<br />
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Despite all these massive losses to the available soil volume for normal healthy root growth, this tree continues on, of course we can conjecture that it is surviving on decades of (pre-road construction) stored carbohydrates, and that the impacts will indeed are taking their toll on it health, and I think there is a lot of truth in that.....it is still incredible that the tree is defying the odds thus far.<br />
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When we stopped by for a chat a hug and some picture taking there were some very vocal feathered renters up in the canopy...both living in the numerous habitat hollows, and just dropping by for some nectar from the beautiful flower display this delightful veteran was putting on for anyone who cared to look.<br />
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</div>Sean Freemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11282341682947039267noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3971823680785685399.post-29227462230646681302009-10-04T15:28:00.001+10:002009-11-09T22:12:49.793+10:00Whatever you call them why do they matter?<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Veteran trees are special in many different ways, sometimes it is their size or shape that makes them stand out so very clearly from other trees around them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Some trees were important markers for the people living in that area, or region....Veteran trees that predate white settlement are probably very rare indeed, just how many pre-settlement trees remain is unknown, and one of the important tasks ahead of us is to begin the process of collecting information on just what is out there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Given the level of urban development that has occurred throughout the coastal fringe along the eastern seaboard of Australia it is amazing that any remnant vegetation remains at all let alone any that actuallly have attained an age to justify holding the label veteran.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Aborigonal Australians rightfully lay claim to a special attachment and link to the land, to country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">It is however also very true that a great many of the people who have travelled across the globe to live here in Australia have also forged a real and tangible link to this land.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Trees have from an early stage played an important role in the creation of place for all of us, whether they have by a mix of chance and design been retained in the transforming landscape, or whether they have been deliberately planted for fodder, shelter, fuel and the same combination of numerous benefits that they still provide to us today....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The following general descriptions come from the Ancient Tree Forum <a href="http://frontpage.woodland-trust.org.uk/ancient-tree-forum/atfhome/home.htm">The Ancient Tree Forum</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is no precise definition of either an Ancient or Veteran tree, however it is generally accepted that an <em>Ancient Trees</em> are:</span><br />
<ul><li><span style="font-family: Arial;">Trees that are of interest biologically, aesthetically or culturally <strong>because</strong> of their age</span> </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Trees in the ancient stage of their lives (based on the limits of knowledge we might have for both any tree's age and the expected life span of that particular species)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Some trees are instantly recognisable as veterans but others are less obvious.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some trees experience events around them that in effect 'veteranise' them, fire and storms in Australia</span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">are often just such events.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Veteran trees do not have to be the biggest trees in the area, indeed it is often the case that as trees move further into the last third of their life span that they begin the process of canopy retrenchment...again something that can be accelerated by external factors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ancient veterans are ancient trees, not all veterans are old enough to be ancient. A veteran may be a young tree with a relatively small girth in contrast to an ancient tree, but bearing the ‘scars’ of age such as decay in the trunk, branches or roots, fungal fruiting bodies, or dead wood. </span><br />
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