Street Tree replacement; Millswood Cres

Street Tree Removal – Millswood Crescent, Millswood

In the near future Council’s Arboricultural team is proposing to remove a number of street trees in Millswood Crescent.

As part of Council’s street tree succession program a number of the Golden Rain Trees (Koelreutaria paniculata) have been identified as reaching the end of their Useful Life Expectancy (ULE). Council is planning to undertake removal over the coming summer months with replacements scheduled for the 2016 planting season (May to September).

The following Golden Rain Trees have been identified for removal:

Address	Replacement #s
88 Millswood Crescent	1
70 Millswood Crescent	1
24 Millswood Crescent	1
18c Millswood Crescent	1
14 Millswood Crescent	1
4 Millswood Crescent	1
39 Millswood Crescent	1
43 Millswood Crescent	1
45 Millswood Crescent	1
49 Millswood Crescent (2 trees)	2
TOTAL	11

Trees identified for removal have a white spot of paint on the trunk base.

Further to the above, vacant tree planting opportunities have been identified at the following locations:

Address	Replacement #s
60 Millswood Crescent	2
34 Millswood Crescent	1
29 Millswood Crescent	2

The replacement species selected for Millswood Crescent is the Chinese Flame Tree (Koelreutaria bipinnata). From the same genus as the Golden Rain Tree, Council finds the Chinese Flame Tree holds its foliage longer and hence provides more environmental benefit through shading and cooling. The two species of trees are almost identical in size, stature and growth habit. There are already some Chinese Flame Trees that have been used previously as replacements in Millswood Crescent (examples at #s 5, 31 & 47 Millswood Crescent).