Sheoak Mistletoe at Coree, ACT
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.
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!).
Location information
- Coordinates 148.974910-35.237857
- Altitude 439.9m
- Maps Woodstock Nature Reserve
- Places Coree, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 5 Oct 2016 10:52 AM Recorded on
- ArcherCallaway Recorded by
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Collections
Plants Climbers & Mistletoes ArcherCallaway Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- True In flower
Species information
- Amyema cambagei Scientific name
- Sheoak Mistletoe Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 628m Recorded at altitude
- 71 images trained Machine learning
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In flower
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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