Yellow Box at Macquarie, ACT
Identification history
| Eucalyptus melliodora | 12 Feb 2022 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 12 Feb 2022 | LMS |
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User's notes
Appears to be an old Yellow Box Gum tree that Gang Gangs are living in ,they often return to this big old tree. Recently in the storm it dropped a limb so I hope the Government does not cut it down. I am sure it is pre settlement in its age.
3 comments
LMS
wrote:
12 Feb 2022
My point of interest is not in the tree species identification but how can I have the Gang Gang nesting tree noted for future research and protection?
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
12 Feb 2022
Add in a sighting of a gang gang, no photo required, but indicate on the sighting that it is a nesting site & add other details as well. That will help with gang gang research & may help preserve the tree. I will confirm.
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
12 Feb 2022
Thanks LMS - we will add this one to our list of trees of interest. The hollows in old trees like this quite often hold water, virtually continuously, and can be a regular water source for Gang-gangs. Gang-gangs also often and regularly visit hollows that they are not nesting in. Only about 10% of hollows that Gang-gangs show an interest in in the Canberra area are actually utilised as a nest tree.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.057464-35.251603
- Altitude 638.0m
- Places Macquarie, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 8 Feb 2022 07:14 AM Recorded on
- LMS Recorded by
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Collections
Eucalypt health surveillance in Canberra Plants Gum Trees LMS Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species
Additional information
- True Nesting site
Species information
- Eucalyptus melliodora Scientific name
- Yellow Box Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 801m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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