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Transplanting Two Champion Specimens of Mature Chinese Banyans

Author(s) -

C.Y. Jim

Publication year - 1995

Publication title -

arboriculture and urban forestry

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222

H-Index - 47

eISSN - 2155-0778

pISSN - 1935-5297

DOI - 10.48044/jauf.1995.047

Subject(s) - felling , champion , transplanting , situated , agroforestry , geography , horticulture , biology , archaeology , computer science , seedling , artificial intelligence

Recent expansion of a urban-situated racecourse in Hong Kong proposed felling two champion specimens of mature Chinese Banyans (Ficus microcarpa). In response to public outcry, they were transplanted at great cost to a nearby site. The arboricultural-cum-engineering measures used to move the large trees, an unprecedented operation locally, are explained. The hydraulic approach conveying the trees held in 8 m diameter steel containers running on rails was workable but expensive. The impacts on the trees, and implications on the community's attitude towards trees and their welfare, are discussed.

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