Mountain Ash Stand- O'Shannassy Catchment
1025A Woods Point Road EAST WARBURTON, YARRA RANGES SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
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Mountain Ash Stand- O'Shannassy Catchment - Physical Description 1
The O'Shannassy Catchment comprises approximately 5570 hectares of old growth Mountain Ash Forest, probably in excess of 300 years old. A survey in 1977 showed the stands to contain an average of 35 trees per hectare and have a stand height of 67 metres with some trees measuring 85 metres. Gullen et al (1979) describes the catchment as follows:
'Undoubtedly the highest quality vegetation and the largest area of high quality vegetation is encompassed by the O'Shannassy Catchment... The vegetation is old, rich, undisturbed and in many places breathtakingly beautiful... The O'Shannassy is a significant area for the region, the State and the nation as a whole. It is one of the few areas left in Victoria where mature wet sclerophyll forests still exists over a large area. (Supple 1991)Heritage Study and Grading
Yarra Ranges - Shire of Yarra Ranges Heritage Study
Author: Context Pty Ltd
Year: 2000
Grading: State
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