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ULMUS PROCERA

Other Name

English Elm

Location

65 MOSSVALE PARK ROAD BERRYS CREEK, SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE

File Number

T12522

Level

State

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Statement of Significance

What is significant?

A single English Elm located in Mossvale Park close to the playground.

How is it significant?

This English Elm is significant for scientific and social reasons at the State level.

Why is it significant?

This English Elm is scientifically significant for its outstanding size. It reaches an impressive height of 35.3 m and has a trunk circumference of 6.45 m, notably larger than the Arthur’s Elms at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. This specimen is the largest of its species (including canopy spread) on the Register.

The tree is also socially significant for its contribution to the landscape. It is a valued feature of Mossvale Park by the South Gippsland community and is the only English Elm in the park, situated next to the Variegated Silver Elm (T12521).

Measurements: 31/07/2023

Spread (m): NS 36.3, EW 24.9

Girth (m): 6.46

Height (m): 35.3

Estimated age (yrs): 135

Condition: Good

Access: Unrestricted

Classified: 09/12/2024

Group

Parks, Gardens and Trees