Notable Trees of New Zealand

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Qualities required to receive Notable Tree Registration

When registrations are received, the Notable Trees registration committee evaluate each tree for their suitability as potential trees of national importance.

To qualify, trees must be more than 50 years old, and be significant for one or more reasons based on the Standard Tree Evaluation Method (STEM).  The following criteria are used to evaluate trees.

Stature
- Feature (size)
- Form (shape)

Historic
- Age
- Association (with an eminent person or event)
- Commemorative (as a record of a historic occasion)
- Remnant of an original forest or planting

Scientific
- Source (of botanical interest)
- Rarity (found in unusual circumstances or numbers in NZ)
- Collection (e.g. Arboretum)