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Tuart Forest National Park is a national park in the South West region of Western Australia, 183 kilometres (114 mi) 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.

Tuart Forest National Park Western Australia
IUCN category II (national park)
Tuart Forest National Park
Nearest town or city	Busselton
Coordinates	33°33′07″S 115°30′43″E
Established	1987
Area	20.49 km2 (7.9 sq mi)[1]
Managing authorities	Department of Parks and Wildlife
Website	Tuart Forest National Park
See also	List of protected areas of Western Australia

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 33 m (108 ft) tall and over 10 m (33 ft) in girth.[2]

Tuart Drive, which was part of Bussell Highway before the opening of the Ludlow diversion in 1995, goes through the national park.[3][4]

See also

• List of protected areas of Western Australia

Notes

References

• 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 ISBN 1-875560-12-2

External links

• Media related to Tuart Forest National Park at Wikimedia Commons
• Tuart Forest National Park page at Department of Parks and Wildlife

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