Tree ID: 1291

Camphor laurel

8 Aug

Written By Victoria Park Residents Action Group

Details

Scientific Name: Cinnamomum camphora
Common Name: Camphor laurel (full list of common names)
Diameter at Breast Height (DBH in mm): 850
Stems: No
Height (m): 14
Crown (m): 9
Structure: Typical
Habitat Features: No visible habitat features
Tree Protection Zones (m): 10.2

Estimation of Tree Age (DBM Analysis)

This tree is categorised as an “old tree” based on the following diameter at breast height (DBM) categories -

• 150-400 mm (juvenile and adolescent trees)
• 401-600 mm (young mature trees)
• 601-800 mm (mature trees)
• 801-1200mm (old trees)
• 1201-1600 mm (very old trees)
• >1601 (veteran trees)

(28 South Environmental Pty Ltd p.36)

About This Species

“A large spreading tree with light brown or greyish-brown bark that is scaly or fissured. Its leaves have glossy green upper surfaces and duller undersides, and give off a distinctive camphor smell when crushed. Its leaf buds are enclosed in distinctive overlapping scales when they are young. Its tiny whitish-coloured flowers are borne in branched clusters at the tips of the branches and have six tiny 'petals'. Its globular fruit (8-10 mm across) turn from green to glossy black as they mature and are attached to the stem by a distinctive cup-shaped structure.” Source: BCC