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Santa Barbara's Moreton Bay Fig Tree located in Santa Barbara, California is believed to be the largest Ficus macrophylla in the United States. [1] An Australian seaman visiting Santa Barbara in 1876 presented a seedling of an Australian Moreton Bay fig tree to a local girl who planted it at 201 State Street.
Ficus macrophylla, commonly known as the Moreton Bay fig or Australian banyan, is a large evergreen banyan tree of the Mulberry Family native to eastern Australia, from the Wide Bay–Burnett region in the north to the Illawarra in New South Wales, as well as Lord Howe Island where the subspecies F. m. columnaris is a banyan form covering 2.5 acres (a hectare) or more of ground.
It began its life when it was planted in 1914. [5] During the Panama–California Exposition it was part of the San Diego County garden exhibit; as of 2017 it is the last remaining plant from the exhibit. [6]
The Moreton Bay fig tree in the Palms neighborhood of Los Angeles is a large Ficus macrophylla (commonly known as the Moreton Bay fig or Australian banyan) tree that was planted in 1875 and landmarked in 1963. [1] The St. John's Presbyterian Church complex around the tree was established in 1962. [2]
The Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla) is a large tree endemic to the east coast of Australia within a range centred on the shores and surrounds of Moreton Bay. The southern and western parts of the bay contain shallow mud-layered waters that are protected from strong wave action by the barrier islands.
The district consists of Plaza Park, the Plaza Park Moreton Bay fig tree, and eight houses in the 600 block of East Thompson Boulevard. Two of the features have been designated independently as Ventura Historic Landmarks: the Plaza Park Moreton Bay fig tree and the Conklin residence at 680 East Thompson Boulevard. [4] [1]
Moreton Bay fig (Ficus macrophylla), a tree with buttress roots that can reach 60 meters (200 ft) in height Rusty fig ( Ficus rubiginosa ), also known as Port Jackson fig or little-leaf fig Weeping fig ( Ficus benjamina ), also known as Benjamin's fig, and often sold in stores as just ficus
The Pahi Reserve and Campground contains a Moreton Bay fig tree (Ficus macrophylla) with a girth of over 14 metres (46 ft), one of the largest specimens of this species in the world, and considered "one of the ten finest exotic [trees] in New Zealand." [9] [10]