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National Forests Act: List of Particular Trees and Particular Group of Trees STAATSKOERANT, 16 SEPTEMBER 2011 No. 34595 5 GOVERNMENT NOTICES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES No. 733 16 September 2011 INVITATION TO SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THE PROPOSED LIST OF PARTICULAR TREES AND PARTICULAR GROUPS OF TREES "CHAMPION TREES" UNDER SECTION 12(1) (A) AND (B) OF THE NATIONAL FORESTS ACT, 1998 (ACT NO. 84 OF 1998) The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries intends to declare a particular list of trees "Champion Trees" as set out in the attached Schedule protected under Section 12 (1) (a) and (b) of the National Forests Act, 1998. This list will be added to the existing list of declared Champion Trees. In terms of Section 13 (1} (a} of the said Act, interested and affected parties are invited to submit written comments on the proposed list within 60 days of the publication of this notice. Comments must be submitted to- Shumani Dzivhani Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Private Bag X 313, Pretoria, 0001 Telephone number: 012 336 6532 SCHEDULE A Tree Species I Other common General Description Location w 0::w Wzm Tree Name names (Province, district, .....o::o:e _:::1 farm/town, suburb, street) zl-z o<Co:: property registration a::!;w names or approximate co- :e:EJ- q:00 ordinates If available ::cZ<!i u &i 1 Adansonia Kremetart (A) I Seboi Largest indigenous tree of Zwigodini, Vendaland digltata (Baobab) (Sep) I Mowana (Set) South Africa, and habitat of Limpopo Province Sagole Tree, /Muvhuyu (V) a colony of rare mottled s 22° 30' 0.078" also known as spinetail swallows. E 30° 37' 59.592" Muvhuyu wa Makhadzi 3 Ficus salicifolia Wonderboomvy (A) Largest Wonderboom fig. Wonderboom Park, Pretoria (Wonderboom Old (about 1000 years) and (Tshwane metropolitan area) fig) historic - Ox wagon Gauteng "The Pretoria outspan area in earlier s 25° 41' 14.037" Wonder boom years, and legend that a E 28° 11' 30.512" fig" local chief buried under the tree gives the tree its growing power. 6 No.34595 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16 SEPTEMBER 2011 4 Breonadia Mingerhout (A) I Largest Matumi tree in Amorentia Estate, Politsi saficina Mohlome (Sep) I South Africa. Valley, Modjadjiskloof (Matumi) Mutulume (Set) Limpopo Province One of a trio of s 23° 45' 53.235" trees dubbed the E 30° 2' 55. 715" Three Queens of Amorentia 5 Adansonia Kremetart (A) I Seboi Very large baobab and Sunland farm, Platland, digital a (Sep) I Mowana (Set well-known tourist Modjadjiskloof, (Baobab) attraction. Limpopo Province Platland Tree s 23° 37' 15.760" (also known as E 30° 11' 52.606" the Sunland Baobab) 8 Ficus sycomorus Gewone trosvy (A) Second largest cluster fig in Excellence farm, Mica (Common cluster South Africa. Limpopo Province fig) s 24° 10' 6.600" E 30° 51' 13.284" 10 Podocarpus Outeniekwa geelhout Largest accessible Diepwalle State forest, falcatus (A) 1 Mogobagoba Outeniqua yellowwood in Knysna (Outeniqua (Sep) I Umkhoba (X) South Africa. Western Cape yellowwood) I Umsonti (Z) s 33° 57' 24.048" King Edward VII E 23° 9' 8.712" Tree 15. Breonadia Mingerhout (A) I Second largest Matumi tree Amorentia Estate, Politsi salicina Mohlome (Sep) I in South Africa. Valley (Matumi) Mutulume (Set) Modjadjiskloof One of a trio of Limpopo Province trees dubbed the s 23° 46' 3.791" Three Queens of E 30° 2' 52.314" Amorentia 27 Ficus po/ita Hartblaarvy (A) Largest Wild rubber fig in Eden Park, Umtentweni subsp. polita Umkhiwane (Z) South Africa. KwaZulu-Natal (Wild rubber fig) s 30° 42' 35.380" Umtentweni E 30° 28' 10.962" Rubber Fig 29. Eucalyptus Salignabloekom (A) Stand of Eucalyptus trees Woodbush Plantation, saligna planted in 1906 by forestry Haenertsburg (Sydney pioneer A.K. Eastwood, Limpopo Province bluegum) including the two tallest s 23° 50' 46.381" The Twin Giants trees in South Africa and E 29° 59' 2.811" of Magoebas- Africa. kloof and surrounding grove 31. Sideroxylon Melkhout (A) I Largest milkwood in South Langbos farm inerme Ximfana (X) I Africa, estimated to be 8 km northwest of Stilbaai (milkwood) Umakhwelafingqane about 1000 years old Western Cape Grandfather (Z) s 34° 22' 16.945" Tree of Still Bay E 21° 18' 58.682" 32. Sideroxylon Melkhout (A) I Historic tree believed to Dias Museum. Mossel Bay inerme Ximfana (X) I have been the tree in which Western Cape (milkwood) Umakhwelafingqane an old shoe was placed for s 34° 10' 49.703" Mossel Bay Post (Z) exchange of messages by E 22° 8' 28.573" Office Tree Portuguese seafarers in the 1 16 h century . STAATSKOERANT, 16 SEPTEMBER 2011 No. 34595 7 33. Cinnamomum Kanferboom (A) Historic trees planted more Vergelegen Estate, Somerset camphora than 3 centuries ago by West (Camphor tree) Governor W A van der Stel Western Cape The Vergelegen - very large trees with large s 34° 4' 37.091" Camphor Trees landscape impact. E 18° 53' 23.012" 34. Eucalyptus Bloekom en ander Arboretum of historic The Tokai arboretum situated sa/igna & a large spesies (A) significance with trees in the Tokai State forest, as variety of other planted there since 1885. proclaimed in 1985 under the tree species Laid out by Joseph Storr War Graves and National (Sydney Lister at the beginning of Monuments Act of 1969 (Act bluegum etc) the forestry industry. A No 28 of 1969)- now major landmark and replaced by the National Tokai arboretum recreation area, and world Heritage Resources Act of - all mature trees famous among botanists, 1999 (Act No 25 of 1999) horticulturists and s 34° 3' 42.840" sylviculturists .. E 18° 24' 48.020" 36. Platanus Plataan (A) Tree avenue of KwaZulu-Natal Botanical acerifolia exceptionally old plane Gardens, Pietermaritzburg (London plane) trees - of historic value - KwaZulu-Natal Marriot's Avenue planted in 1908 by Mr WE s 29° 36' 22.780" Marriot (curator). The trees E 30° 20' 49.810" are a central landscape feature of the botanical _gardens. 45. Eucalyptus Grysysterbas- Arboretum or sample plot of Middelkop Plantation, paniculata, E bloekom (A) large Eucalyptus trees Haenertsburg maculata, &E Gevlektebloekom (A) planted in the 1930s and Limpopo Province microcorys (Grey Kersvetbloekom (A) protected to commemorate s 23° 49' 15.732" ironbark, Spotted the Commonwealth E 30° 4' 0.466" gum & Tallow Forestry Conference of gum), 1935. Commonwealth plantation 46. Eucalyptus Salignabloekom (A) Stand of tall trees eucalypt Westfalia Estate, Tzaneen sa ligna trees planted in 1933 by the Limpopo Province (Sydney eminent Dr Hans s 23° 43' 52.812" bluegum) Merensky. E 30° 6' 31.027" Westfalia Showblock 49. Araucaria Norfolkeiland den (A) Tallest Norfolk Island Pine Theological Seminary, heterophy/la planted in 1826 by wife of Stellenbosch University, (Norfolk Island the last landdrost of Stellenbosch Pine) Stellenbosch. Western Cape The Kweekskool s 33° 56' 19.366" Araucaria E 18° 51' 50.959" 50. Eucalyptus Rooibloekom (A) Planted in 1880. Prominent Bergzicht market square, camaldulensis tree providing shade for an Stellenbosch (River red gum) entire informal market. Western Cape Bergzicht Market s 33° 55' 57.464" Tree E 18° 51' 30.325" 51. Quercus robur Engelse Eik (A) Planted in 1812. One of 6 Ryneveld Street, (English oak) only 5 oak trees remaining Stellenbosch The Ryneveld from the previous Western Cape Oak generation of planted oak s 33° 56' 17.868" trees. E 18° 51' 47.003" 8 No. 34595 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16 SEPTEMBER 2011 60. Quercus robur Engelse Elk (A) One of the biggest oaks in Zandvliet Delta Farm, (English oak) the district, located at a Franschoek The Zandvliet historic farmhouse of an old Western Cape Oak wine estate. s 33° 51' 47.216" E 18° 59' 23.869" 61. Populus nigra ltaliaanse populier The tree stands at the site C/o Lothbury & Fawley (Lombardy (A} where Ruth Fischer, Street, Johannesburg, poplar) daughter of Braam Fischer Gauteng The Ruth (a prominent founder s 26° 10' 56.038" Fischer Tree member of the SA E 28° 0' 23.957" Communist Party) ran a safe house for fugitives from the Apartheid security forces. The tree served as landmark for those seeking refuge in this safe house. 82. Podocarpus Outeniekwa geelhout One of the most accessible Storms River State forest, falacatus (A) I MogObagOba and famous big trees in Storms River (Outeniqua (Sep) I Umkhoba (X) Tsitsikamma forest. Visited Eastern Cape yellowwood) I Umsonti (Z) by more than 80 000 s 33° 57' 53.411" Tsitsikamma Big tourists each year. E 23° 53' 58.325" Tree 83. Podocarpus Outeniekwa geelhout One of the largest Bergplaas State forest, falcatus (A) I MogObagOba yellowwoods in the Knysna Collin's Hoek (Outeniqua (Sep) I Umkhoba (X) forests, receiving Western Cape yellowwood) I Umsonti (Z) substantial numbers of s 33° 56' 4.094" Woodville Big visitors. E 22° 38' 37.512" Tree 84. Podocarpus Outeniekwa geelhout One of the largest trees in Auckland Nature Reserve falcatus (A) I Mog6bag6ba Eastern Cape, known as Keiskamma State forest (Outeniqua (Sep) I Umkhoba (X) the Eastern monarch, and Hogsback yellowwood) I Umsonti (Z) located next to the Tyume Eastern Cape Eastern Monarch hiking trail. s 32° 36' 7.991" E 26° 56' 39.738" 85. Podocarpus Outeniekwa geelhout Landmark tree towering Goudveld State Forest, fa teat us I MogObagOba (Sep) above the forest, and the Garden Route National Park (Outeniqua I Umkhoba (X) I site of a memorial to writer Western Cape yellowwood) Umsonti (Z} Dalene Matthea. s 33° 55' 0.060" The Dalene E 22° 57' 28.260" Matthea Big Tree (previously known as Krisjan se Nek Big Tree) 95 Quercus robur Engelse Eik (A) The first individual tree 8 Berthastreet, Sophiatown (English oak) proclaimed as protected Johannesburg Sophiatown Oak under the National Forests Gauteng Act. Was mutilated and s 26° 10' 48.131" died, but the site is still of E 27° 58' 48.553" historic significance.
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