Wollemia nobilisBotanical Name: Wollemia nobilis Author: W.R.Jones et al. Common Name: Wollemi Pine Family: Araucariaceae |
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LocationSituated on the back of Sundial Hill, the natural slope of the land made a perfect position for planting the Wollemi Walk. This is the clonal collection i.e. material collected from every adult tree in the wild, with the largest of these growing for the past 10 years in the Nursery here at Mount Annan. |
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An extremely rare species which is restricted to a couple of rainforest gorges in the Wollemi National Park, north-west of Sydney, New South Wales. It was discovered in 1994 by David Noble, a New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service officer, who took a specimen of the tree to Mount Tomah Botanic Garden for identification. Since 1994 NSW NPWS and Botanic Gardens Trust staff have carried out research concerning its taxonomy, horticulture and ecology.
The Wollemi Walk is a simulation of the natural population and will be the only location where the general public will have the opportunity to walk amongst these majestic trees. There will be approximately 200 trees planted in total, making this population even larger than that in the wild. Visitors can take one of two walks — a short one taking them from the entry point at the back of the Sundial to the carpark behind the hill, or a second one which is longer and ends in the Wattle Garden. |
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