ALBERT PARK TREES Lance Goffart Hall

Albert Park hosts one of the finest collections of should be planted with ivy. mature trees in Auckland. The park supports over eighty species of tree within the main grounds 1908 sixteen oaks were planted around the band­ many of which are rare specimens and were stand circle. Each tree was associated with a planted before the turn of the century. particular warship and was planted by lhe captain of that ship. The ships were part of the American During 1874 lime trees were planted along Princes xGreat White Fleet. Street. Today remnants of these plantings can still be seen; they are now some of the oldest street Sir George Grey donated rare and unusual trees trees in Auckland. In 1940 a number of the street including Tracycarpus and Yucca. Mr Hay also trees down Princes Street were looking unhealthy donated species such as cork oak and numerous and some were removed. Pines and other species American and Australian tree species. of conifer were also the first trees established in the park on its sea ward side. William Clark Goldie was Parks superintendent from 1888 to 1908. He had forestry background from In 1878 The Auckland Improvements Commis­ Scotland and had worked on Scottish estates under sioners called for design plans for a proposed his father. He became the Park Superin tendent for recreational and passive reserve. A ten pound prize the Auckland Domain. Another well known gardener awarded for the best design went to Slator and who worked as superintendent at Albert Park from Goldie under the title of Todi aut Morire Porci. The 1881 to 1888 was William Wells (also gardener at design was layed out as an Italianate style Kawau Mansion House). Pleasure Garden There was a famous quote made of Albert Park by In 1882 Mr Boston (Custodian of the Park) started Mr R. W. Dyson (a lecturer of the Auckland the tree planting along the design outline. Trees Institute). He stated that such a park would were bought for 2/ each. become The Lungs of the City.

1898 as the parks location gave stunning views Throughout the park there are a number of notable over the harbour the pines and cypress trees were specimens. These include the ombu {Phytolacca thinned out to open up these views and to allow dioica) fig {Ficus superba var. henneana) cork space for additional plantings. And later these oaks {Quercus suber) and Washington palms views were restored by the removal of the pine and (Wash ington ia robusta). cypress. In 1905 Goldie suggested that the stumps

Note. Reference material has been sourced from The Albert Park Conservation and Management Plans along with central library records. The following species list has been compiled over a number of visits and hopefully is now complete.

Albert Park Tree Species List

Family / Tree species origin Family /Tree species origin

ACERACEAE (Maple Family) Wash i ngton pa I rn Washington!a robusta Wend I. Sycamore Acer pseudoplatanus L. Northern Europe Mexico BETULACEAE ARAUCARIACEAE Silver birch Betula pendula Roth Europe NZ kauri Agathis australis Salisb. New Zealand Queensland kauri Agathis robusta South Queensland BIGNONIACEAE Cooks pine Araucaria columnaris (Forster) Hook Indian bean tree Catalpa bignonioides\Nalt N. America New Caledonia Jacaranda Jacaranda mimosifolia D.Don Soutl Omorica Norfolk Island pine Araucaria heterophylla (Salisb.) Franco Norfolk Island BOMBACACEAE ARALIACEAE Monkey hand tree Chiranthodendron pentadactylon Australian umbrella tree Schefflera actinophylla Mexico Australia CUPRESSACEAE ARECACEAE (PALMAE) Lawsons cypress Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Murray) Canary Island date palm Phoenix canariensisChabaud Pari. California Canary Islands Cashmir cypress Cupressus cashmiriana Roxyle Senegal date palm Phoenixreclinata Jacq. Africa Himalaya Chinese fan palm Tracycarpus fortune/WendL China Monterey cypress Cupressus macrocarpa Gordon California

34 Leyland cypress x Cupressocyparis leylandiiDallimore Brewers spruce Picea breweriana Wats. Canary Island pine Garden origin Pinus canariensis C.Smith FABACEAE Canary Islands Coral tree Erythrina speciosa Monterey pine Pinus radiata D.Don California Honey locust Gleditsia tricanthos var. inermis (L.) Zab. Japanese white pine Pinus parviflora Sieb. & Zucc N. America Asia Japan Kowhai Sophora microphylla Ait. New Zealand Atlantic blue cedar Cedrus atlantica Glauca Garden origin Tasmanian blackwood Racosperma melanoxylon (R.Br.) Himilayan cedar Cedrus deodara (Roxb.) G.Don C.Maritius Tasmania Australia W. Himalaya PITTOSPORACEAE FAGACEAE Karo Pittosporum crassifolium Banks & Sol. ex A.Cunn Japanese oak Quercus acutissima Carruth. Japan China New Zealand Hoi rnoa k Quercus ilex L. Mediterranean PLATANACEAE English oak Quercus robur L. Europe London plane Platanus x acerifolia (Aiton) Willd. Cork oak Quercus suber L. Mediterranean Europe PODOCARPACEAE GINKGOACEAE Brown pine Podocarpus elatus R.Br. Australia Maidenhair tree Ginkgo biloba L. China Totara Podocarpus totara D.Don New Zealand

GREYIACEAE Natal bottlebrush Greyiasutherlandi/Hook & Harv. Silky oak Grevillia robusta R.Br. South Queensland South Africa Rewarewa excelsa R.Br. New Zealand HAMAMELIDACEAE salignus Australia Sweet gum Liquidambar styraciflua L. N. America Fire wheel tree Australia

LILIACEAE ROSACEAE Cabbage tree Cordyline australis (Forst.f.) Endl. Loquat Eriobotrya japonica (Thunb.) Lindley Japan China New Zealand Chinese hawthorn Photinia serrulata Chin; LAURACEAE Cherry laurel Prunus laurocerasus L. Southern Europe Camphor laurel Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Prunus sop. Garden origin J.S.Presl China Japan Bay laurel Laurus nobilis L. Mediterranean RUBIACEAE Taupata Coprosma repens A.Rich. New Zealand MAGNOLIACEAE Karamu Coprosma robusta Raoul New Zealand Tulip tree Liriodendron tulipifera L. N. America Bull Bay magnolia Magnolia grandiflora L. Southern U.S.A RUTACEAE Magnolia Iiii flora China Cape chestnut Calodendron capense (L.f.) Thunb. Hybrid magnolia Magnolia x soulangiana Garden origin South Africa Lemon Citrus Ii mon Garden origin MALVACEAE Norfolk Island hibiscus Lagunaria pattersoni! SAPINDACEAE Norfolk Island Australia Titoki Alectryon excelsus Gaertn. New Zealand MELASTOMATACEAE Tibouchina Tibouchina urvilleana (DC.) Cogn. Brazil SCROPHULARIACEAE Paulownia Paulownia tomentosa (Thunb.) Steudel MELIACEAE Japan China Indian bead tree Melia azaderach India SIMAROUBACEAE Tree of heaven Allanthus altissima (Miller) Swingle MORACEAE China Moreton Bay fig Ficus macrophylla Australia STRELITZIACEAE Port Jackson fig Ficus rubiginosa Australia White bird of paradise Strelitzia nicholai Reg & Koern Queensland fig Ficus superba var. henneana S. Africa Australia TAXACEAE MYRTACEAE Irish yew Taxus baccata cv. Fastigiata Ireland Monkey apple Acmena smithii (Poiret) Merr. Eastern Australia Willow myrtle Agonis flexuosa Australia TAXODIACEAE Bottlebrush Callistemon citrinus Australia Coastal redwood Sequoia sempervirens (Lambert) Endl. Red flowering gum Eucalyptus ficifolia F. Muell. California Western Australia Giant redwood Sequoiadendron giganteum (Lindley) Tallowood Eucalyptus microcorys F. Muell. Australia J.Buchholz California Queensland box Lophostemon conferta Eastern Australia THEACEAE Pohutukawa Metrosideros excelsa So\. ex Gaertn. Camellia japonica L. China Japan New Zealand Southern rata Metrosideros umbellata Cav. New Zealand TILIACEAE Guava Psidium cattleianum Sabine Brazil Whau Entelea arborescens R.Br. New Zealand Rose apple Syzygium jambos Malaya Linden / Lime tree Tilia x europea L. Europe Brush box Tristaniopsis taurina Eastern Australia ULMACEAE OLEACEAE Weeping elm Ulmus glabraCamperdown Garden origin Olive tree Olea europaea L. • Southern Europe Africa Dutch elm Ulmusx hollandica Miller Holland English elm Ulmus procera Salisb. Europe PHYTOLACCACEAE Ombu tree Phytolacca dioica L. Chile VERBENACEAE Puri ri Vitex lucens Ki rk New Zealand PINACEAE Fir Abies spp.