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Eucalyptus cinerea subsp. triplex

4 Blue Gum Hill Argyle Apple at Tennent, ACT

Eucalyptus cinerea subsp. triplex at Tennent, ACT - 10 Apr 2023
Eucalyptus cinerea subsp. triplex at Tennent, ACT - 10 Apr 2023
Eucalyptus cinerea subsp. triplex at Tennent, ACT - 10 Apr 2023
Eucalyptus cinerea subsp. triplex at Tennent, ACT - 10 Apr 2023
Eucalyptus cinerea subsp. triplex at Tennent, ACT - 10 Apr 2023
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Eucalyptus cinerea subsp. triplex 18 May 2023 Tapirlord
Eucalyptus cinerea subsp. triplex 18 May 2023 Tapirlord

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Significant sighting

Tapirlord noted:
18 May 2023

A highly significant find, this is only the second population of this nationally rare gum in the ACT.

User's notes

Six seedlings sitting on the summit ridge, presumably they have germinated following the 2020 burn from seed blown other from Blue gum hill. This only the 2nd know site of this euc in the ACT and as such is highly significant

7 comments

Tapirlord wrote:
   18 May 2023
@MichaelMulvaney I recall promising this one to you a few months back at the CNM workshop, very excited to have finally found it!
Tapirlord wrote:
   18 May 2023
gregbaines wrote:
   19 May 2023
Fantastic find, from your comments it seems there were no adult trees around so this is really a "new" population. Great to see that this species can still disperse.
   19 May 2023
Great thanks cairn
RogerF wrote:
   21 May 2023
Great find Ciaran. I wonder how many other summits may have been colonised this way post mega fire updrafts. We had debris falling on our roof in the earlier mega fire although we are at least 20 km from the fire front at Mt tenant and Ingeldene pines.I I can imagine that Banksia and Hakea winged seeds could disperse widely through such pyrocumulus formations in mega fires
Tapirlord wrote:
   22 May 2023
Appreciate it guys, I certainly couldn't find any adult trees myself but perhaps they were just hiding somewhere along the ridge. Hopefully these seedlings will succeed and we'll have another stand of this species in the ACT.
RogerF wrote:
   22 May 2023
Booroomba Rocks has been well surveyed for plants the southern summits less so. How likely is it that mature trees have been missed

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Olearia stricta var. parvilobata at Tennent, ACT - 25 Apr 2023 by Ned_Johnston
Monotoca scoparia (Broom Heath) at Tennent, ACT - 10 Apr 2023 by Tapirlord
Calytrix tetragona (Common Fringe-myrtle) at Tennent, ACT - 10 Apr 2023 by Tapirlord
Olearia stricta var. parvilobata at Tennent, ACT - 10 Apr 2023 by Tapirlord
Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi (Narrow Rock Fern) at Tennent, ACT - 10 Apr 2023 by Tapirlord
Olearia stricta var. parvilobata at Tennent, ACT - 10 Apr 2023 by Tapirlord
Olearia stricta var. parvilobata at Tennent, ACT - 15 Feb 2023 by Philip
Pelargonium australe (Austral Stork's-bill) at Tennent, ACT - 10 Jan 2023 by pinnaCLE
Calytrix tetragona (Common Fringe-myrtle) at Tennent, ACT - 4 Dec 2022 by Rebeccajgee
Liopholis whitii (White's Skink) at Tennent, ACT - 2 May 2022 by SWishart
Veronica perfoliata (Digger's Speedwell) at Tennent, ACT - 1 May 2022 by 1pepsiman
Liopholis whitii (White's Skink) at Tennent, ACT - 1 May 2022 by 1pepsiman
Neorrhina punctata (Spotted flower chafer) at Tennent, ACT - 21 Jan 2022 by JohnBundock
Egernia saxatilis (Black Rock Skink) at Tennent, ACT - 23 Dec 2021 by JohnBundock
Liopholis whitii (White's Skink) at Tennent, ACT - 9 Oct 2021 by TimotheeBonnet
Egernia saxatilis intermedia (Black Rock Skink) at Tennent, ACT - 9 Oct 2021 by TimotheeBonnet
Dolichoderus scabridus (Dolly ant) at Tennent, ACT - 3 Sep 2019 by SWishart
Vanessa kershawi (Australian Painted Lady) at Tennent, ACT - 3 Sep 2019 by SWishart
Dolichoderus doriae (Dolly ant) at Tennent, ACT - 3 Sep 2019 by SWishart

Location information

Species information

  • Eucalyptus cinerea subsp. triplex Scientific name
  • Blue Gum Hill Argyle Apple Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon Native
  • Non-Invasive

Sighting information

  • 6 Abundance
  • 10 Apr 2023 01:08 PM Recorded on
  • Tapirlord Recorded by

Additional information

  • Alive / healthy Plant health
  • 30cm to 1 metre Plant height
  • False Any Dropped Limbs greater than 8cm
  • False Evidence of Pruning
  • False Fallen branch
  • False Hollows present in tree
  • False Tree(s) planted
  • False In flower

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