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Pinus lambertiana

Other Name

Sugar Pine

Location

Matlock Cemetery, Woods Point Road,, MATLOCK VIC 3723 - Property No T12093

File Number

T12093

Level

State

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T12093 Pinus lambertiana
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T12093 Pinus lambertiana

Statement of Significance

Horticultural value
Contribution to landscape of historic cemetery
Outstanding size
Outstanding example of species

The Sugar Pine in the Matlock Cemetery is the only known tree of the species in Victoria, and is rarely grown in Australia. The only other known plantings are at Pilot Hill Arboretum and Jounama plantation in New South Wales.The origin of the Sugar Pine at the Cemetery is unknown but would have been planted in the nineteenth century, possibly around 1880.
Matlock was developed from 1862 following the discovery of gold.The small cemetery reserve has burials dating from 1864
The Sugar Pine (Pinus lambertiana) is a large upright conifer, 5 needled pine and produces long cones, (the longest of all pines, which may grow to 30-46cm) and resinous cone scales. The Sugar Pine and a nearby Corsican Pine (Pinus nigra var. corsicana) are the only exotic trees in the Cemetery and have survived the bush fires, but not totally unscathed. Both trees have fire scars on the south east side of their trunks.

Measurements: 02/05/2003
Spread(m): 11
Girth (m): 3.27 at 1.4
Height (m): 29
Estimated Age (yrs): 120
Condition: Good

Access: Unrestricted
Classified: 21/06/2006

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees