Description
This group of informally planted mature Port Jackson Figs (Ficus rubiginosa f. glabrescens) is located in an informal cluster within lawn area of small triangular park, bounded by Minogue Crescent, Hereford Street and Ross Street.
Their canopies extend over the adjoining roads and footpaths with root zones generally contained within the park’s boundaries. They measure approximately, height 12-26 metres, canopy spread 16-18 metres with trunk diameter 1.3-1.8 metres at one metre above the ground. Figs appear to be in fair to good health and condition with minimal pruning to canopies.
Significance
This group of informally planted mature Port Jackson Figs (Ficus rubiginosa f. glabrescens) has no individual specimens of significance, as a group they have significance at the local level in terms of their visual, historic and ecological values.
Historical notes
The seed source of these Port Jackson Figs (Ficus rubiginosa f. glabrescens) figs would have likely been from early botanical collections in SE Queensland or northern NSW. These trees also continue the lush, native evergreen/ rainforest theme typical of this period planting and are integral components of the City’s historic landscape character.
They are reasonably established trees in the 1943 aerial photos of the area which would support an early 1900 planting.