Arbutus unedo

1 Strawberry Tree at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

Arbutus unedo	19 Aug 2018	rainer
Arbutus unedo	19 Aug 2018	natureguy
Unverified	19 Aug 2018	MatthewFrawley

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Just under 2 metres in height, bark rough and flaky, seemed out of place and looked like an introduced plant.

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rainer wrote:

20 Aug 2018

Arbutus unedo, Irish Strawberry-tree. The fruit are edible (!) but the specific epithet literally means “eat one only” (un eco). Clearly an exotic and with a propensity to invade, being dispersed by fruit eating birds, and more-or-less pre-adapted to the Canberra environment.

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1 Abundance
17 Aug 2018 12:01 PM Recorded on
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Plants Other Shrubs MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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True In flower
1 metre to 5 metres Plant height

Species information

Arbutus unedo Scientific name
Strawberry Tree Common name
Not Sensitive
Exotic
Minor weed or pest
Up to 816.88m Recorded at altitude
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In flower

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