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Close-up of Huon pine foliage. The Huon pine is a slow-growing, but long-lived tree; some living specimens of this tree are in excess of 2,000 years old. [6] It grows to 10 to 20 metres (33 to 66 ft) tall, exceptionally reaching 30 m (98 ft), with arching branches and pendulous branchlets.
The Lea Tree is a 2,500 year old Huon pine growing on the Lower Gordon River in Tasmania. [1] It was vandalised in 1983. However, it is still alive and growing.
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One of the most iconic tree species associated with the Huon River is the Huon pine (Lagarostrobos franklinii), an ancient tree species that can live for over 3,000 years. Huon pine is highly valued for its durable, fine-grained timber, which is naturally resistant to rot due to its high oil content.
Huon Pine, species of conifer native to Tasmania; Huon River, fourth largest river in Tasmania; Huon Valley, valley and local government district in Tasmania; Port Huon, Tasmania; Huon of Bordeaux, character from medieval chansons de geste; King-Emperor Huon of Granbretan, a fictional character in the work of Michael Moorcock
Huon pine is so rot resistant that fallen trees from many years ago are still commercially valuable. Merbau is still a popular decking timber and has a long life in above ground applications, but it is logged in an unsustainable manner and is too hard and brittle for general use.
The first Europeans came to the area in the 19th century in search of Huon pine timber. In the 1840s early settlers including the Geeves family founded the township of Geeveston, and laid the first track to the Hartz Mountains. As a result, the area became one of Tasmania's earliest popular bushwalking destinations.
Until the 1930s Franklin was the major town in the Huon Valley. It was thriving with the shipping that docked at its many jetties. Franklin boasted its own Court House (now a gourmet café), several hotels, banks and a Town Hall (now the restored Palais Theatre). It even had its own hydroelectric power station, driven by a local creek.