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Angophora costata

Other Name Smooth-Barked Apple Myrtle Location Grampians National Park, , ZUMSTEINS VIC 3401 - Property No T11250 File Number T11250 Level State

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Statement of Significance

Aesthetic value
Curious growth form

This Angophora costata is a fine, medium-sized example of this common woodland and forest tree of Eastern Australia. This tree has a particularly attractive growth form. with unusual features including its heavily striated trunk and branches. The lower branches display a spectacular weeping habit, many of which touch the ground.
The tree was planted by Walter Zumstein, probably in the late 1920s or early 1930s, on a crown lease he held in the area.
Located at Zumsteins, Grampians National Park, across suspension bridge north of river and north-west of toilet block