Deciduous Fig

General Information

Type: Single Tree
Latin Name: Ficus henneana
Common Name: deciduous fig
Tree Height: 33m
Tree Height Measurement: Measurement
Tree Height Comment: based on National Register of Big Trees entry (2018)
Additional Description:
Bundewallah Creek
Mount Vista Close Reserve, Berry

Circumference as of 2025: 11m (1.4m above ground)

Origin, Age & Condition

Native or Exotic: Native
Wild or Planted: Wild
Age: Estimated
Age: 500+ years
Age comment:
The National Register of Big Trees estimated the age of the tree (in 2018) to be between 500 and 700 years.
Condition: Alive (healthy/vigorous growth)
Registration date: 2025-02-07
Latest update: 2025-02-07

Location

Context: Conservation park or reserve
Topography: Floodplain
Street address line 1: Mount Vista Close
Suburb: Berry
State: NSW
Postcode: 2535
Property name: Mount Vista Close Reserve
Map.Grid (UTM): 287741.68 6150919.56
Map.Grid Datum Used: GDA94 (MGA94)
Street Address: Mt Vista Close, Berry

Significance

A. Historical and/or ecological value: Yes
A. Level: Local
A. Description:
The tree is a remnant of a former riparian rainforest with a high canopy, and therefore has scientific value as a record of the former forest structure, and local genetics.
B. Associated with an important person/group: No
C. Aesthetic, creative or technical value: Yes
C. Level: Local
C. Description:
This tree has considerable aesthetic value as a tall and now spreading strangler fig, situated beside the vegetated riparian corridor of Bundewallah Creek. It is an important component of the visitor appeal and attraction of Mount Vista Close Reserve.
D. Community, cultural or spiritual value: No
E. Informational value: Yes
E. Level: Local
E. Description:
The tree has potential to reveal information on local genetic diversity and former forest structures.
F. Rare or endangered: Yes
F. Level: Local
F. Description:
This tree is one of a small number of surviving remnant old-growth trees situated on the Berry lowlands which have grown and matured in a surrounding pre-European high canopy forest.
As of 2025, the National Register of Big Trees places this tree as a ‘National Champion’ based on its size, height and species.
G. Representativeness: Yes
G. Level: Local
G. Description:
This tree is an excellent representative example of an old-growth, wild-sown, deciduous fig which started life as an epiphyte, within a pre-European high canopy rainforest.
Summary Statement of Significance:
This strangler fig is a large, and beautiful old-growth remnant of an ancient pre-European rainforest. As such it has scientific value and is currently the largest of its type.

Nominator

Nomination date: 2025-02-07
Name: Kelvin Officer
Address line 1: 23 Boundary Rd
Suburb: Broughton Vale
Postcode: 2535
State: NSW
Phone: 0427255417
Email: kofficer@nohc.com.au

Owner

Name: Shoalhaven City Council
Address line 1: 36 Bridge Rd
Suburb: Nowra
Postcode: 2541
State: NSW
Phone: 1300 293 111
Email: council@shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au
Consent: No
Type of consent: Oral consent
Consent comments:
not required as tree is situated on Council owned land

Supporting Information

Comments:
https://www.nationalregisterofbigtrees.com.au/pages/tree-register-view

Milthorpe, Peter, and Hazel King 2020 Trees of Historic Berry. Peter Milthorpe, Jacobson Publishing Pty Ltd , Davidson, NSW p216 & 217
Files: Array
Other register entries: National Register of Big Trees
Scanned registry entries, if relevant: Array

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