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Marina Reservoir CHJIMES National Museum of Singapore Gardens by the Bay Marina Bay Sands PRINSEP STREET NEIL ROAD EU TONG SEN STREET RIVER VALLEY ROAD BAYFRONT AVENUE S H E A R ES AVEN U E ONG PAGAR ROAD DUXTON ROAD NEW BRIDGE ROAD MAXWELL ROAD ROBINSON ROAD N WAY BOON TAT STREET MCCALLUM STREET Tanjong Pagar station City Hall station St Andrew’s Cathedral National Gallery Singapore Stamford Road/ Queen Street junction Cathedral of the Good Shepherd Empress Place Raffles’ Landing Site Cavenagh Bridge Clemenceau Bridge Padang MERCHANT ROAD NORTH BRIDGE ROAD CLEMENCEAU AVENUE CONNAUGHT DRIVE ST ANDREW’S ROAD EAST COAST PARKWAY QUEEN STREET The Pinnacle @Duxton Police Cantonment Complex Singapore General Hospital NEIL ROAD M A C A L I S T E R ROAD C O L L E G E R O A D Outram Park station ST GRAPHICS Istana Park P E NANG ROAD Singapore River School of the Arts ORCHARD ROAD Civic District Tree Trail Raffles Place station STAMFORD ROAD BRAS BASAH ROAD FULLERTON ROAD Esplanade Park Waterboat House Raffles Hotel Bras Basah Road/ Prinsep Street junction Cathay entrance Dhoby Ghaut MRT/ Plaza Singapura junction War Memorial Park BEACH RO A D Esplanade station Bras Basah station Singapore Management University Singapore Art Museum Fort Canning Park Marina Reservoir Singapore’s sentinels The Civic District's majestic and historic trees are part of a new tree trail to be rolled out by NParks from May 1. It features 20 stops. • The School of the Arts building was built around a 25m-tall angsana tree which is approximately 40 years old. • The tree has a dense, dome-shaped, widespread and droopy crown. • The Indian rubber tree was once an economically important plant in the region as its latex was tapped and processed into a type of rubber. • The tree at the National Museum can be traced back to 1955. • To create a European garden setting, about 10 of these tamalan or black rosewood trees were planted at Chijmes. • Its wood is used to make furniture. It also produces purplish-white flowers in small clusters. • NParks and the Urban Redevelopment Authority transplanted five angsana trees from Upper Serangoon Road to Esplanade Park late last year to recreate an iconic area familiar to dating couples between the 1960s and 1980s. • The original trees, known as “Gor Zhang Chiu Kar”, which means “under the shade of five trees”, were removed after they were affected by fungus. • The angsana tree can grow up to 40m in height. • The rain trees at the mouth of the Istana are hardy and provide shade. • An ideal species for roadside greenery, rain trees were first introduced to Singapore in the 1870s. • Rain tree saplings have been present along this site, then known as New Esplanade Road, since the 1880s. • The umbrella-shaped crowns of the rain trees have created a green tunnel effect over time. Twenty-two of these rain trees have been given the status of heritage trees. Istana entrance Source: NPARKS ST PHOTOS: LIM YAOHUI TEXT: MELODY ZACCHEUS STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS • The meninjau or belinjau tropical tree species, which is native to Singapore, has a narrow conical crown. • The shape of these trees complements the structure of the War Memorial.
Transcript of LATEST Tree Trail28 - The Straits Times - Breaking news, Singapore … · 2016. 3. 28. · National...
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Singapore’s sentinels The Civic District's majestic and historic trees are part of a new tree trail to be rolled out by NParks from May 1. It features 20 stops.
• The School of the Arts building was built around a 25m-tall angsana tree which is approximately 40 years old.• The tree has a dense, dome-shaped, widespread and droopy crown.
• The Indian rubber tree was once an economically important plant in the region as its latex was tapped and processed into a type of rubber.• The tree at the National Museum can be traced back to 1955.
• To create a European garden setting, about 10 of these tamalan or black rosewood trees were planted at Chijmes.• Its wood is used to make furniture. It also produces purplish-white �owers in small clusters.
• NParks and the Urban Redevelopment Authority transplanted �ve angsana trees from Upper Serangoon Road to Esplanade Park late last year to recreate an iconic area familiar to dating couples between the 1960s and 1980s.• The original trees, known as “Gor Zhang Chiu Kar”, which means “under the shade of �ve trees”, were removed after they were affected by fungus.• The angsana tree can grow up to 40m in height.
• The rain trees at the mouth of the Istana are hardy and provide shade.• An ideal species for roadside greenery, rain trees were �rst introduced to Singapore in the 1870s.
• Rain tree saplings have been present along this site,then known asNew Esplanade Road, since the 1880s.• The umbrella-shaped crowns of the rain trees have createda green tunnel effect over time. Twenty-two of these rain trees have been given the status of heritage trees.
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Source: NPARKS ST PHOTOS: LIM YAOHUI TEXT: MELODY ZACCHEUS STRAITS TIMES GRAPHICS
• The meninjau or belinjau tropical tree species, which is native to Singapore,has a narrow conical crown.• The shape of these trees complements the structure of the War Memorial.
