Eucalyptus albens

White Box at Mount Mugga Mugga

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Eucalyptus albens	18 Jul 2022	MichaelMulvaney
Eucalyptus albens	16 Jul 2022	Tapirlord
Unverified	15 Jul 2022	RAllen

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Tapirlord wrote:

16 Jul 2022

Michael would know better than me where the plantings start, there is definitely white box in this area. Could also be apple box

RAllen wrote:

16 Jul 2022

That explains the lack of diversity in eucalyptus species right there. Expected RSB but were not in this patch. Added photos of buds under the single flowering eucalyptus. Foliage was greyish tinged blue.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

18 Jul 2022

Richard you stumbled across plantings of Charles Weston dating back to about 1920. Given that E. albens is a rare species in the ACT, I think these trees can be regarded as the first threatened species restoration plantings in our area. Around 1920 most of the hills surrounding Canberra were highly denuded. The Burley Griffins had the innovative idea of restoring the hills wooded landscapes and had a colour scheme for most of tehe inner hills. Red Hill was to be planted with Red flowers, Black Mountain Yellow (I think), Mt Ainslie pink (I think) Mt pleasant Purple and Mugga Mugga white. Thus as well as your white box you may have also noticed Arglye Apple (Eucalyptus cinerea) and E. pulverlenta (another rare species) which have whitish foliage. Golden Wattle was also planted as its stems are white.

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16 - 100 Abundance
15 Jul 2022 12:30 PM Recorded on
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Eucalypt health surveillance in Canberra RAllen Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Gum Trees Plants

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Greater than 5 metres Plant height
True In flower

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Eucalyptus albens Scientific name
White Box Common name
Not Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 807.61m Recorded at altitude
218 images trained Machine learning
In flower
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