Eucalyptus polyanthemos subsp. vestita

Red Box at Symonston, ACT

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Identification history

Eucalyptus polyanthemos subsp. vestita	19 Sep 2016	MichaelMulvaney
Eucalyptus polyanthemos subsp. vestita	19 Sep 2016	BettyDonWood
Eucalyptus polyanthemos	18 Sep 2016	BettyDonWood
Unidentified	18 Sep 2016	Mike

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Buds in groups of six, just starting to flower.

4 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

19 Sep 2016

If it is Eucalyptus polyanthemos, we need a photo showing how far the rough bark goes up the trunk to decide which subspecies it is.

Mike wrote:

19 Sep 2016

Added photo of tree. The bark goes all the way up but it is not a large tree. Could it be E. albens which was planted on Mugga Mugga? I can't find comparable descriptions. I will have to go back to get more typical photos and do a decent count - I just looked at a small area.

BettyDonWood wrote:

19 Sep 2016

The bud caps of Eucalyptus polyanthemos are shoerter and narrower than the base. Those of E. albens are about the same length and width as the base. The crown of E. polyanthemos rarely has adult leaves, The adult leaves of subsp. vestita being quite broad anyway. The crown of E. albens, I think, is of adult leaves. Adult leaves of E. albens are much narrower in proportion to the length than any in these photos.

BettyDonWood wrote:

19 Sep 2016

The comment that Eucalyptus polyanthemos rarely has adult leaves was in VicFlora. That may not apply in NSW and ACT.

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