Eucalyptus nicholii

Narrow-leaved Black Peppermint at Florey, ACT

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Identification history

Eucalyptus nicholii	23 Jan 2024	Tapirlord
Eucalyptus nicholii	20 Jan 2024	Tapirlord
Eucalyptus aggregata	20 Jan 2024	MichaelMulvaney
Eucalyptus globulus subsp. bicostata	18 Jan 2024	CarbonAI
Eucalyptus sp.	18 Jan 2024	rbannister

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3 trees of - I suspect - the same species and around the same age. Old aerial photos indicate they were planted as a paddock windbreak (?) in the 60s. Most of the rest were chopped down in the 80s or 90s, when the nearby housing was built. I think there's a few more at the entry to the "Beechwood" development but I haven't checked them out in person yet.

4 comments

natureguy wrote:

18 Jan 2024

Looks to be planted, so not local. I might get back to you later or ask Ciaran

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

20 Jan 2024

E. aggregata was a popular government planting around Canberra in the 1960s. It occurs locally at Kowen and is now a nationally threatened species. @gregbaines are you happy with the ID

Tapirlord wrote:

20 Jan 2024

I think these are most likely E.nicholii, as for as I can tell there are no records of E.aggregata having been planted in this area, but E.nicholii certainly has. I'll do a comparison of the fruits at some stage

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

20 Jan 2024

Thanks Ciaran _ I doidn't think of Nicholi which is also a common planting

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