Eucalyptus elata
River Peppermint at Yarralumla, ACT
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| Eucalyptus elata | Tapirlord | 26 Mar 2023 | |
| Eucalyptus bridgesiana | CarbonAI | 26 Mar 2023 | |
| Eucalyptus (genus) | lbradley | 26 Mar 2023 |
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7 comments
27 Mar 2023
Hey Ciaran - how confident are you of this identification? It isn’t in Our Patch and I want to make sure that it isn’t one of our known species before I mention it to FOAB
28 Mar 2023
Pretty confident, those juvenile leaves are unlike any of our local eucs. Other's may suggest this is Euc.viminalis (ribbon gum), but that species has much more slender juvenile leaf growth and doesn't form bark like this in young trees. The best way to be sure would be to photograph the fruit.
28 Mar 2023
Thanks Ciaran. Wikipedia says:
E. elata is widely cultivated as a street and ornamental tree...
Is there a chance that the one I've found has been introduced - ie, not native to the Frost Hollow area?
E. elata is widely cultivated as a street and ornamental tree...
Is there a chance that the one I've found has been introduced - ie, not native to the Frost Hollow area?
28 Mar 2023
E. elata is definitely not going to be native or naturally occurring at Aranda Bushland, or even in the ACT, it naturally occurs along the south coast and into Vic.
28 Mar 2023
Hum…. I just noticed that the CNM symbol is for local native for e. elata. If it isn’t native to the ACT then why does CNM list it as a local native?
29 Mar 2023
It is locally native within the CNM region, which includes the ACT and all neighbouring Local Government area
Location information
- Coordinates 149.082716-35.278274
- Altitude 580.6m
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Yarralumla, ACT Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 26 Mar 2023 05:05 PM Recorded on
- lbradley Recorded by
Collections
- Aranda plants collection lbradley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Gum Trees Plants Eucalyptus elata
Species information
- Eucalyptus elata Scientific name
- River Peppermint Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1104.04m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Seasonal activity
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In flower
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