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Tree Information x

Identifier: TSR/0440
Historical Reg No: 263d
Tree Type: Single
Registered By: Flook, R.R.
Registration Category: Historic tree – National interest
General Notes:
See notes for Tree TSR/0435. 'This tree (across the Domain from the "Baigent Sleeping Tree"), stands on what was Edward Baigent's section no. 92. It is one of three known surviving specimens grown from acorns brought from Kew Gardens Surrey England by Isaac Baigent when he emigrated to Wakefield at his brother's instigation in 1853. The two other trees were transplanted from section 92 by Samuel Baigent to the property known as Ryversdale in Woodstock Road (Pigeon Valley Road) now owned by Noel Baigent. They are covenanted on that property'. Elizabeth Baigent 1992.

Single Tree Details

Genus: Quercus
Species: robur
Common names: English oak, common oak, oak
Given Name: Edward Baigent Oak
Height: 21.40m
Height measurement method: Laser Nikon Forestry 550
Height Comments: (none)
Girth: 365 cm
Girth measurement height: 1.4 m
Girth Comments: (none)
Diameter: 116.2 cm
Crown Spread A: 24.00m
Crown Spread B: 27.00m
Avg. Crown Spread: 25.50m
Actual Planting Date: actual date not specified
Approx. Planting Date: circa 1853
e.g. circa. 1860
Current Age: 173 years
Tree Health Description: (none)
Tree Form Type: Single Trunk
Number of Trunks: 1
Tree Form Comments: (none)
Champion Tree Score: 235
Local Protection Status: Yes
Tree Present: Yes
STEM Score: 0

Observations

Date Observer Action
27 Jun 2022 Cadwallader, B.G.
21 Mar 2017 Cadwallader, B.G.
01 Jan 1992 Flook RR

Location

Lat/Long: -41.406231204490815 / 173.03929209709167
Location Name: Wakefield Domain
Address: State Highway 6
Suburb:
City/Town: Wakefield
Region: Tasman
Location Description: On the western side of the sports field near the edge of a group of native trees.
Public Accessibility: Local Council Park
Local Authority: Tasman District Council

Images

Preview Credit Date
Brad Cadwallader 28 Jan 2010
Brad Cadwallader 28 Jan 2010
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