Eucalyptus racemosa
Scribbly Gum at Conder, ACT
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| Eucalyptus racemosa | MichaelBedingfield | 16 May 2022 | |
| Eucalyptus racemosa | MichaelBedingfield | 16 May 2022 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 5 May 2022 |
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Conder, ACT
8 comments
5 May 2022
Perhaps it is Eucalyptus gregsoniana, (dwarf snow gum). The nuts and buds look similar as do the leaves, and it has been planted as a street tree in conder. Only thing, is that E.gregsoniana is supposed to be a mallee, though it can reach heights of 5/6 metres, general shot would be great :)
6 May 2022
Thanks Ciaran. I don't think it is a mallee, since it is taller with a single large trunk. I planted the tree myself, bought from a nursery, but a long time ago. Will endeavour to get another pic.
6 May 2022
gregsoniana does not always resemble a mallee with mutiple trunks, see examples at Oallen
14 May 2022
I think it is Eucalyptus racemosa, on the basis of the oblique nature of the base of the leaves (i.e the leaf base is significantly non-symmetrical).
14 May 2022
According to Brooket & Kleinig, racemosa (which I had not heard of) = sclerophylla, the coastal scribbly gum. In Costermans the two species are separate. So the trunk should have scribbles. Very close to our own rossii and to haemastoma, all difficult to tell apart. Obliqueness of leaf not mentioned although rossii not oblique..
14 May 2022
I worked my way through CSIRO lucid Eucalyptus keyhttps://apps.lucidcentral.org/euclid/identify/key.html
where on bud, fruit and stem characters I got down to ten species including racemosa and gregsoniana and the base of the leaf was the defining character.
where on bud, fruit and stem characters I got down to ten species including racemosa and gregsoniana and the base of the leaf was the defining character.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.101172-35.464628
- Altitude 625.0m
- Maps MichaelBedingfied's Home Garden
- Places Conder, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Jan 2022 05:49 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
- Greater than 5 metres Plant height
- Alive / healthy Plant health
- Yes In flower
- Yes Planted
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- Eucalyptus racemosa Scientific name
- Scribbly Gum Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 745.99m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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