Tuart Forest National Park
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Australian English Template:Infobox Australian place Tuart Forest National Park is a national park in the South West region of Western Australia, Template:Convert south of Perth. It contains the largest remaining section of pure tuart forest in the world. Traditionally the state forest associated with this stand of trees has been known as the Ludlow State Forest, named for Frederick Ludlow.
This narrow strip of tuart trees is situated near Ludlow between Capel and Busselton. The trees, species Eucalyptus gomphocephala, only grow on the coastal limestone that underlies the area and the park is home to the tallest and largest specimens of the trees remaining on the Swan Coastal Plain. The taller specimens found in the park are over Template:Convert tall and over Template:Convert in girth.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Tuart Drive, which is about Template:Convert in length and was part of Bussell Highway before the opening of the Ludlow diversion in 1995, goes through the national park.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
In addition to the pure tuart forest, the park is also home to the largest remaining wild population of the Western Ringtail Possum. Both the Western Ringtail Possums and the Brushtail Possums can be found along the Possum Spotlighting Trail within the park, which is designed to be walked at night, when both types of possums (being nocturnal) are most active.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The trail is about Template:Convert long and there are reflective markers installed along narrower parts of the trail. It is accessible via a carpark along Layman Road.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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[edit]- Johnston, Judith (1993) The History of the Tuart Forest - pp. 136–153 in de Garis, B.K. (editor) Portraits of the South West: Aborigines, Women and the Environment Nedlands, W.A. University of Western Australia Press Template:ISBN