FCRC Significant Tree Assessment Tool

• Document No.

• Significant Tree Assessment - Suburb

• Site - eg. park name if applicable

• Location
  Address

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

Photo of the Significant tree & Description

• Botanical Name

• Common Name

• Planted street tree

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Origin

  Exotic

  Remnant

  Native (non endemic)

  Planted endemic

• Photo

  Media

Height & Age

• Height mt

• Spread mt

• DBH mm

• Est. Age

• Immature, Semi-mature, Mature or Over mature

  Immature

  Semi-mature

  Mature

  Over mature

• Photo

  Media

Location within the site & land use

• Distance to buildings mt

• What is the current land use of the site?

• Photo

  Media

Health Assessment

• Overall condition

  Dead

  Poor

  Fair

  Good

  Excellent

• Comment

• What extent does the the tree impact upon hard assets?

  Low 2

  Moderate 1

  High 0

• Is any associated risk with targets able to be mitigated?

• Photo

  Media

Environment and Ecological Assessment

• Is the slope greater than 20% (1 in 5)?

  Yes 1

  No 0

• Is the tree within 30m of a watercourse?

  Yes 1

  No 0

• Does the tree provide significant shade?

  Yes 1

  No 0

• Does the tree contribute to a vegetation corridor or link?

• Will removal of the tree/s significantly impact the corridor or link?

  Yes 1

  No 0

• Is the tree used by native fauna? Number of hollows and diversity of species?

• Photo

  Media

Biological Significance

• Is the tree of unusual biogeographical, taxonomic or ecological occurrence?

What is the geographical significance of this tree species?

• Site, Local, State and National

• Photo

  Media

Amenity and Cultural

• To what degree does the tree contribute to the landscape amenity of the neighbourhood or street?

• Does the tree hold cultural significance?

• Photo

  Media

Action Report

• Select Action to be taken

• If Monitor / reinspect is required - _____ months?

• Comment

• Request Data entry

  CRM to be created

  Add to winter list

• Request Data entry

  CRM to be created

  Add to winter list

• Photo

  Media

Financial Value

• Est. Cost of any associated hazard or remedial works $

• Revised Burnley Tree Valuation of Tree $ - Refer Docs 613504

• Comments

Approval for Significant Tree Register

• Approved?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Date completed

  Date

• Comments

• Request Data entry

  Select Add to significant tree register Add to MyData - Asset Create CRM No data entry required

  • Add to significant tree register
  • Add to MyData - Asset
  • Create CRM
  • No data entry required

• Photo

  Media

Office Use

• Signature required

  Sign

• Date required

  Date

• Significant Tree Register entry created?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• MyData entry completed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• CRM entry completed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A