Cupressus glabra`Canny`

FRMNDS OF BELAIR NATIONAL PARI(
BELAIR NATIONAL PARK SIGNIFICANT TREE REGISTER
CYPRESS CULTTVAR
Cupressus
glabra'Canny'
PARENT STOCK OF CYPRESS CULTTVAR
DEVELOPED BY AND NAMED AFTER JACK CAi\NY,
wooDs At{D FORESTS NURSERY CURATOR, 1914-1957
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SPECIESNOTES
Cupressus
glabra sudw.'Cannyt
Family : Cupressaceae
Name Derivation :
Cupressus:
latin name for Cupressus sempervirens, the Italian cypress.
means smooth, without hairs.
Canny: named after Jack Canny, who first propagated this cultivar.
glabra:
Common Name
None
:
Origin:
Woods and Forests Department Nursery, Belair National Park, South Australia.
See Historical Notes.
Description:
Habitat: Temperate.
Tree: About 16m. tall. Broadly conical habit, expanding at the
base. Horizontal
branches have upturned tips. Branchlet divisions are not at right angles as for the
typical form but more ascending. Golden foliage replaced by varying amounts of
dusky green foliage in regions that have cool, wet winters. In summer the golden
foliage becomes dominant and is resistant to sunburn. Evergreen.
Bark : Dark brown, fibrous and peeling off in long strips. Tan colour underneath not
cheny - red as for the typical form.
Leaves : Pointed, 1.5mm. long with prominent glands, rarely producing resin, and
slightly ridged. Yellowish - green but turning more yellow in the warmer months.
Cones : Female cones are waxy grey - green at first, turning dark grey - brown,
2.5cm. in diameter and 3cm. long. They have 8 -10 scales with very prominent
central umboes.
Seeds: Dark brown and slightly glaucous, warty and 5mm. long.
Specimens held in Friends of Belair National Park Herbarium
:
Lraves
Cones
Notes compiled by:
Ralph Foster
Jenny Skinncr
August 2003
References : See Pretace
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BELAIR NATIONAL PARI( SIGNIF'ICANT TREE REGISTER
DETAILS OF ITEM
srR
Significant Tree Register Reference :
Vegetation Management Unit
:
18
Location:
GPS reading
18/49
:
Lat.
Description of location
35"00.562'S Long.
138"38.852'E
:
In State Flora Nursery 30m. NW of back gate of Nursery into
sheds area.
Name of tree:
Botanical n€Ime : Cupressus glabra'Canny'
Common name : Clpress
-
Canny cultivar
Title:n.a.
Type of planting
:
Individual
tree
Significance of tree(s)
:
Stand/group of
trees
Avenue
(all relevant categories)
vegetation
B
of outstanding beauty
significance
D
of outstanding dimensions
L
landscape planting
U
unusual species/cultivar/hybrid
G
horticulturaVgenetic significance
V
remnant of original
A
ofpre-European
N
of colonial
H
of historical
g
atlon historic
P
associated with a particular
sisnificance
importance
site
Main reason for inclusion on Register
person R
rare in its native habitat
:
Parent stock of cypress cultivar developed c.1955 by and
named after Nursery curator, Jack Canny.
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DETAILS OF'ITEM
Significant Tree Register Reference :
sTR 18i49
Individual tree : (measurements of tree)
Height : 18m.
Girth : 2.40m.
Spread
Stand oftrees :
Number in
Max girth
stand
Origin:
Native in Belair
If planted
Max
NP
Native to
: By whom : Nursery
General condition
Details of condition
:
Date of planting : c.1955
Fair
Poor
Ageing
Dead
Good
Canopy/foliage: Good
:
interference
pests)
biological
(fungus,
M
Canny
Exotic
(brief description)
Trunk/branches:
I
curator, Jack
Aust.
:
Excellent Good
Potential threats
height
(full widttr) : 10m.
overcrowdingl
lack of maintenance
F
traffic
(people, vehicle)
T
threat of action by
Govt bodies/agencies
Current access to tree :
unrestricted
restricted
no access
:
unrestricted
restricted
no access
Access recommended
Any other relevant data
:
STR 18/46 is a companion culfivar developed by Jack Canny.
Both will need protection and conservation if Nursery business is
relocated - refer to threats indicated above.
Date of survey : 2l-3 -2003, 22-8-2003.
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PHOTOGRAPHS
J. Skinner
STR ref
Date
no.
18149
2113/Oj
Photograph A
STR ref
Date
no.
18149
2113103
Photograph B
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Ref : STR 18i49
HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL NOTES
'Canny' cypress cultivar
The 'Canny' clryress cultivar was named for Jack Canny, the longest serving Woods and Forests
Nursery curator at Belair. It was developed by Jack at the same time as a golden cypress cultivar
('Aurea'), both of which he brought to Belair from America in the 1950s. See notes on the golden
cultivar, STR 18/46 for details of both cultivars.
The 'Canny' cultivar was reported in the mid 1960s to be in good health, not quite as large at maturity
as the 'Aurea' cultivar and more open in habit. The two qpresses are now adjacent to each other in
State Flora Nursery, the 'Canny' cultivar still slightly smaller in dimensions than its companion.
'Canny' is a good specimen, with its lower limbs trimmed and upper branches tending upwards and
upturned at the tips, with a golden sheen not quite as pronounced as 'Aurea'. Its fruit is unusual in
shape and appearance. The tree to date has been well maintained.
See also photos
References
z
H-A, H-B and H-C in notes on Cypress cultivar,
C.
gluhra'Aurea', STR
1E/46.
article on Woods and Forests Nursery, Belair.
Notes compiled by Roy Gray, Officer-in-Charge of Nursery 1958-1974. Copies held by
State Flora, Belair and Friends of Old Government House.
Notes on cypress cultivars 1986 by P. Russell, Nursery Manager, held at State Flora, Belair.
Tamblyn, P . (1997), The Government Gqrden ond Orchord at Beloir, in History S,4 Jul.-Oct.
Ad:oertiser 25-4-1942
-
1997.
Interviews (1993-1995) conducted by Pam Tamblyn with and correspondence (1993-1995)
from descendants and friends ofNursery curators 1898-1958.
Notes compiled by
Pam Tamblyn
January 2004