Tree Trial Data

Most of the Montfort Trimble Foundations objectives outlined in the Act of Parliament establishing the foundation deal with the production of timber. The foundation has embarked on a comprehensive series of trials to determine the performance of various species of indigenous and exotic tress that might suit the dry East Coast country. The trees are planted in blocks of about fifty and each tree is inividually identified and measured every year.

Each block of trees has been assigned an alphabetical letter and each tree within the block a number so all trees are uniquely identified. Tree IDs are permanently written on aluminium tags attached to a stake next to each tree.

 Results

The results of the 2017 measurements of the Indigenous Trials are summarised here:

Indigenous trial data