Red Box at Mount Mugga Mugga
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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User's notes
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.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.128615-35.352841
- Altitude 809.0m
- Maps Mount Mugga Mugga
- Places Symonston, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 17 Sep 2016 03:12 PM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
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Collections
Eucalypt health surveillance in Canberra Plants Gum Trees Mike
Additional information
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
Species information
- Eucalyptus polyanthemos subsp. vestita Scientific name
- Red Box Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 809.03m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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