River Peppermint at Curtin, ACT
Identification history
| Eucalyptus elata | 5 Oct 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Eucalyptus elata | 4 Oct 2019 | ruthkerruish | ||
| Eucalyptus elata | 3 Oct 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 2 Oct 2019 | ruthkerruish |
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User's notes
Street tree, probably planted 40-50 years ago. What is striking is that they are flowering en masse this year
6 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
3 Oct 2019
Eucalyptus elata seems to be most likely other possibility is Eucalyptus nicholii
Ruth which do you think is most likely
Ruth which do you think is most likely
Mike
wrote:
4 Oct 2019
The location looks wrong. The background of the photo is Launceston Street where Eucalyptus mannifera ssp. maculosa was planted. Of course there could have been changes from the original.
ruthkerruish
wrote:
4 Oct 2019
The location has been corrected. E. mannifera ssp maculosa (brittle gum) is not the street tree of Launceston street - they were planted in the background (have taken photos if required). The trees in question (E. elata?) were planted as the street tree and along the middle strips. I have added a picture of the nuts. We think it is E. elata because the trunk is not smooth, strips of bark hang down from the canopy and the top branches are smooth. The trees are healthy, no die back of branches and lovely flowering.
Mike
wrote:
4 Oct 2019
I was going by http://www.woodcraftguild.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/ACT-STREET-TREES.pdf which lists plantings up to 2001 according to Canberra Urban Parks and Places (now TCCS).
ruthkerruish
wrote:
4 Oct 2019
In the Woden area many of the street trees selections were not the best. Also it is easy to get tube stock confused etc, etc. Some streets seemed to just get "mixed leftovers", some of which died.
JackieMiles
wrote:
6 Oct 2019
Yep, definitely elata based on the fruits. It is flowering like mad on the south coast at the moment too.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.085098-35.325643
- Altitude 624.3m
- Places Curtin, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 4 Oct 2019 11:00 AM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Gum Trees ruthkerruish
Species information
- Eucalyptus elata Scientific name
- River Peppermint Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1104.04m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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- More than one media file
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