Amyema cambagei

Sheoak Mistletoe at Coree, ACT

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Identification history

Amyema cambagei	27 Nov 2016	BettyDonWood
Amyema cambagei	27 Nov 2016	BettyDonWood
Unidentified	27 Nov 2016	ArcherCallaway

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7 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

28 Nov 2016

if you want the tree identified as well, please upload a second sighting of the host tree, if possible. This should include a closeup of the branchlets with a measurement of the distance between the teeth on the branchlets. I presume this is a male tree with no nuts.

ArcherCallaway wrote:

28 Nov 2016

It seemed as though the tree was flowering. Is that not the case?

BettyDonWood wrote:

28 Nov 2016

No. The male casuarinas and allocasuarins have yellowish to brown catkins at the ends of the branchlets. The females have short clusters of tiny red flowers (appearing like a single flower) along the branchlets.

ArcherCallaway wrote:

28 Nov 2016

Ok thanks Betty. I did not get very good photos of the actual tree so will leave that out. Not the sort of thing I would usually photograph, but a Yellow-faced Honeyeater apparently feeding on 'casurina flowers' drew my interest

BettyDonWood wrote:

28 Nov 2016

I was really disconcerted the first time I saw this mistletoe. The leaves matched the host so perfectly.

SuziBond wrote:

28 Nov 2016

Hi Ryu and Betty - thought I'd add that A. cambagei is the food plant for the beautiful Satin Azure in the ACT (which are flying at the moment!).

ArcherCallaway wrote:

28 Nov 2016

Thanks Suzi. Will keep an eye out

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