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Ulmus pumila var. pumila

Other Name

Siberian Elm

Location

Barnard Street, nature strip East Side beside Barracks Walk between Swimming Pool and Croquet Club BENDIGO, GREATER BENDIGO CITY

File Number

T12363

Level

State

Statement of Significance

Condition:Good

Tree Type:Individual

Circumference:at 1.4m above ground level 3.2m

Height:14.5m

Canopy spread:N-S: 12.5mE-W: 12.5m

What is significant?

A largeUlmuspumilavar.pumila(Siberian Elm) street tree growing on the east side nature strip beside Barracks Walk, Bendigo. The tall crown and slightly weeping canopy isa prominent landscape feature.The Siberian Elm is a single trunked tree with 2 main structural branches. It is a tall narrow crowned tree with sightly pendulous fine branches. The leaves are glossy, narrow pointed and smooth. The trunk is covered in numerous water shoots. There is minor dieback in the crown top.

How is it significant?

TheUlmuspumilaar.Pumila(Siberian Elm)is significant for its aesthetic, size and rarity reasons at a State level.

Why is it significant?

Ulmuspumilavar.pumila(Siberian Elm)is rare and this tree is the largest and only known mature tree in Victoria.It makes a contribution to the surrounding streetscape of Barnard Street, Bendigo.

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees