Woombye Street tree strategy
Description of area and land use Canopy cover Street tree planting strategies Woombye was built as a camp between Gympie and Brisbane during The Foliage and Shade Cover map for the plan area shows the rural The formal, leafy and vibrant character of the town centre is reinforced the gold rush era of the mid to late 19th century, and grew into a bustling residential landscape that dominates the plan area. Slightly above-average through signature street tree plantings. township during the timber-getting period. The commercial focus of the canopy statistics have been reported for all lands (37% cover) and slightly town soon shifted to fruit crop production and horticulture remains the below-average statistics have been reported for areas of road reserve (27%). A 100% street tree occupancy rate is achieved within the township and prominent industry of the locality today. The Big Pineapple, which operated along approaches to the town through ongoing infill/replacement street commercially until relatively recently, is a legacy of Woombye's historical Major opportunities and constraints tree planting. land use. The Woombye plan area covers 230 hectares and consists of the With a low proportion of vacant spaces for new street trees evident in the historic town and surrounding residential and rural lands. Visual amenity is increased in the southern portion of the township with town centre, opportunity exists for the Woombye township to have a 100% street–park interface plantings, as well as street tree planting to the edge The village is perched on high ground with the borrowed landscape of the street tree occupancy rate. of the existing railway car park. rolling hills and valleys beyond intrinsic to the town's character. Poinciana Some very wide street verges present good opportunity for the trees line Blackall Terrace the town's major approach while lilly pilly trees Shady footpaths are established between the town centre and community establishment of larger growing shade trees representing the town’s provide amenity to its centre, contributing to the ambience and vibrancy of facilities located on Hill Street and the major pedestrian routes of Tainton signature street tree palette. Good potential to use street trees to shade and the historic hinterland town. and Wakefield Roads. link community and sports facilities occurring along Hill Street back to the town centre also exists. The bowling club located on Hill Street however acts Canopy building along Pine Grove Road parallel to and highly visible Trees and landscape character as a constraint to street tree planting, with any new trees having potential to from Nambour Connection Road showcases the strong landscape Eucalypt forest was the most prevalent ecosystem type in the plan area shade the bowling green. character of Woombye and marks the town's gateway. prior to clearing. Blackbutt, flooded gum, tallowwood, red mahogany, The railway station car park presents both an opportunity for street tree swamp gum, pink bloodwood, brush box and turpentine are the dominant Trees are planted in residential streets where local residents elect to planting for beautification, and a constraint to street tree planting with species of the Regional Ecosystems (REs) mapped for the area. Araucarian provide establishment care through the Adopt A Street Tree Program. upgrade of the corridor earmarked for the future (both duplication and rainforest likely to contain hoop pine and Notophyll vine forest where realignment of the rail line is planned). A feature tree node has been Street tree planting aligns with the Woombye Streetscaping Landscape weeping lilly dominated stream banks, naturally occurred in valley pockets mapped for a section of adjacent road reserve that appears not to be Plan (March 2003). of the locality. impacted by upgrade plans. Alternatively a palm tree or a tree species Key species of the plan area's character landscape include poinciana, that transplants easily could be used. Increasing amenity in this area is white oak, small-leaved lilly pilly, leopard trees and frangipani. considered a major priority for increasing township amenity through street tree planting. Pine Grove Road presents many opportunities to mark and showcase the town of Woombye with signature character plantings. Taintons and Wakefield Roads connecting the locality's residential estates to the township offer good opportunity for providing shade. Parts of the plan area are subject to periodic flooding and water loving species (weeping lilly pilly for example) should be selected for these low‑lying areas.
112 Sunshine Coast Street Tree Master Plan Part B Street tree palettes
Signature trees Signature trees (cont.) Trees for local streets Locally native species for natural character features Avenue trees / Major thoroughfares Trees for accent and highlights Backhousia citriodora (lemon myrtle) Delonix regia (poinciana) (where existing only) Alloxylon flammeum (tree waratah) Buckinghamia celcissima (ivory curl) Woodland / open forest Elaeocarpus obovatus (hard quandong) Archontophoenix cunninghamiana (piccabeen palm) Cupaniopsis anacardioides (tuckeroo) Angophora woodsiana (smudgy apple) Flindersia bennettiana (Bennett's ash) Brachychiton acerifolius (Illawarra flame tree) Cupaniopsis parvifolia (small leaved tuckeroo) Corymbia citriodora subsp. variegata (large-leaved Flindersia australis (Crow's ash) Corymbia ptychocarpa (swamp bloodwood) Diospyros pentamera * (myrtle ebony) (trial locations) spotted gum) Harpullia pendula (tulipwood) Magnolia ‘Little Gem’ (little gem magnolia) Elaeocarpus obovatus (hard quandong) Corymbia intermedia (pink bloodwood) Syzygium australe (brush cherry) Hymenosporum flavum (native frangipani) (use only in Flindersia xanthoxyla (long jack/yellowwood) Eucalyptus microcorys (tallowwood) Syzygium leuhmanii (small-leaved lilly pilly) group plantings where soils are moist) Guioa semi-glauca* (wild quince) (trial locations) Eucalyptus pilularis (blackbutt) Waterhousia floribunda (syn. Syzygium floribundum) Stenocarpus sinuatus (firewheel) Harpullia pendula (tulipwood) Eucalyptus grandis (flooded gum) (weeping lilly pilly) Tabebuia argentina (Caribbean trumpet tree) Lophostemon confertus (brush box) (where existing only) Eucalyptus propinqua (mountain grey gum) Magnolia ‘Little Gem’ (little magnolia) Eucalyptus resinifera (red mahogany) Feature trees (large planting sites) Melaleuca viridiflora (broad-leaved bottle brush) Eucalyptus robusta (swamp mahogany) Araucaria cunninghamii (hoop pine) Olea paniculata* (native olive) (trial locations) Eucalyptus siderophloia (northern grey iron bark) Caesalpinia ferrea (leopard tree) Podocarpus elatus (brown pine) Lophostemon confertus (brush box) Carya illoinensis (pecan) Sterculia quadrifila (peanut tree) Syncarpia glomulifera (turpentine) Corymbia intermedia (pink bloodwood) Syzygium crebrinerve* (purple cherry tree) (trial Syncarpia verecunda (Ravensbourne turpentine) Dendrocnide photinophylla (shining-leaved stinging tree) locations) Elaeocarpus grandis (blue quandong) Rainforest Syzygium (syn. Acmena) hemilampra (blue satinash) Eucalyptus microcorys (tallowwood) Araucaria cunninghamii (hoop pine) Waterhousia floribunda (syn. Syzygium floribundum) Grevillea robusta (silky oak) (weeping lilly pilly) Agathis robusta (kauri pine) Lophostemon confertus (brush box) Xanthostemon chrysanthus (golden penda) Backhousia myrtifolia (willow myrtle) Macadamia integrifolia (macadamia) Cupaniopsis parvifolia (small leaved tuckeroo) Magnolia grandiflora (bull magnolia) Dendrocnide photinophylla (shining-leaved stinging tree) Mangifera indica (mango) (in garden beds only) Diospyros geminata (scaly ebony) Mischarytera lautereriana (corduroy tamarind) Drypetes deplanchei (yellow tulipwood) Morus nigra (mulberry) Excoecaria dallachyana (scrub poison tree) Peltophorum pterocarpum (yellow flame) Flindersia australis (Crow's ash) Quercus suber (cork oak) Ficus fraseri (Fraser Island fig) Syncarpia glomulifera (turpentine) Ficus macrophylla (Moreton Bay fig) See also Locally native species for natural character Flindersia xanthoxyla (long jack/yellowwood) features palette for use where appropriate. Grevillea robusta (silky oak) Gossia bidwillii (python tree) Olea paniculata (native olive) Street tree palettes are also appropriate for Syzygium francisii (giant water gum) use in the localities of Kiels Mountain and West Woombye.
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114 Sunshine Coast Street Tree Master Plan Part B Priority Planting Plan Woombye Local Plan Area
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