A 3000-year-old pine intact but ancient trees scorched

Fires burning in Tasmania's west for three weeks have scoreched almost 100,000 hectares of land. (HANDOUT/BOB BROWN FOUNDATION)

A 3000-year-old Huon pine and several stands of other ancient trees have narrowly avoided damage in bushfires on Tasmania's west coast, aerial assessments by authorities show.

But wilderness photographer Rob Blakers released pictures showing a "significant enclave" of Huon pines were scorched at lower Harman River.