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Afrocarpus falcatus
(Outeniqua yellowwood, Small-leaved yellowwood) >
Big Trees: the largest Outeniqua yellowwood trees
Afrocarpus falcatus
(= Podocarpus falcatus) is known as the Outeniqua yellowwood or
Small-leaved yellowwood and is the tallest native species of tree in southern
Africa. Some of the largest specimens feature as tourist attractions in the
vicinity of Knysna and Tsitsikamma and some of these are shown here.
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This is The Big Tree on the N2 near Storms River
Mouth, Eastern Cape, July 2006. Measurements are as follows (see
noticeboard):
Age: 800 years old
Height: 36.6 m
Trunk length: 18.3 m
Crown spread: 32.9 m
Trunk content: 50.9 m3
Girth: 8.9 m
[photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©; person standing in front is Duncan
Robertson] |
Big Tree on the R339 on the way to Diepwalle
(before King Edward VII Tree), July 2006. Measurements are as follows (see
noticeboard):
Age: 600+
Height: 46 m
Trunk length: ?
Crown spread: 27 m
Trunk content: 48 m3
Girth: 7 m
Diameter at breast height: 223 cm
[photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©; person standing in front is Duncan
Robertson] |
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King Edward VII tree, on the way to Diepwalle on
the R339, July 2006. Measurements are as follows (see
noticeboard):
Age: 650+
Height: 39 m
Trunk length: 22 m
Crown spread: 31.5 m
Trunk content: 61.1 m3
Girth: 7 m
Diameter at breast height: ?
[photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©; person standing at the side is Duncan
Robertson] |
Big Tree in the Farleigh State Forest, July 2006.
Measurements are as follows (see
noticeboard):
Age: 880
Height: 40 m
Trunk length: ?
Crown spread: ?
Trunk content: 34 m3
Girth: ?
Diameter at breast height: 1.72 m
[photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©; person standing in front is Duncan
Robertson] |
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