Eucalyptus recurva
14 Mongarlowe Mallee at Mongarlowe, NSW
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| Eucalyptus recurva | Steve818 | 2 Aug 2024 | |
| Eucalyptus bridgesiana | CarbonAI | 1 Aug 2024 | |
| Eucalyptus recurva | LisaH | 1 Aug 2024 |
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Significant sighting
Steve818 noted:
2 Aug 2024
Eucalyptus recurva (Mongarlowe mallee) is the rarest Eucalypt species, and one of the rarest all Australian native species. It is also called the 'ice-age gum'. Some plants have very large lignotubers and are of great age: "The existing plants could be over 10,000 years old." It is critically endangered: NSW BCA: Critically Endangered; Commonwealth EPBC: Critically Endangered
User's notes
Photos taken just after the 2019/2020 fires. Location approximate. Site now protected and no longer accessible. (Apologies for quality of photos).
8 comments
2 Aug 2024
Thank you. Being in this presence of this ancient tree was a reverential experience for me (and I'm not spiritual, or an ecologist, botanist or environmental scientist - just an ordinary citizen scientist). Something to remember.
4 Aug 2024
NatureMapr hides the location of highly sensitive sightings like this, allowing the public to be aware of such an amazing native species, without compromising its conservation.
4 Aug 2024
Thanks for sharing the images so we get to see what this extremely rare and endangered species looks like Lisa!
4 Aug 2024
Thank you. I don't know why I've been sitting with these for so long - but I'm so pleased to share them now.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
- Alive / healthy Plant health
Collections
- Significant Featured Plants Gum Trees LisaH Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Eucalyptus recurva
Species information
- Eucalyptus recurva Scientific name
- Mongarlowe Mallee Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Very rare / threatened
- Non-invasive or negligible
- External link More information
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