Eucalyptus mallees at ANBG

E flindersii SA Grey Mallee

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Bark: 

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Adult leaves: 

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Juvenile growth: 

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Buds: 

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Flowers: 

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Fruit: 

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Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: 

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E langelyi  Green Mallee Ash

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Habit:

•  Eucalyptus langleyi is a mallee that typically grows to a height of 5–6 m (16–20 ft) and forms a lignotuber. 

Bark:

• smooth, grey, green or pink bark that is shed in ribbons. 

Adult leaves:

• Arranged alternately, the same glossy green on both sides, broadly lance-shaped to curved

• 80–165 mm by 18–50 mm 

• Petiole 10–23 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Stems are more or less square in cross-section, often with a wing at each corner

• Lance-shaped to curved leaves that are arranged in opposite pairs

• 90–140 mm by 20–55 mm 

Buds:

• Arranged in leaf axils in groups of 7

• Unbranched, broadly winged peduncle 6–12 mm 

• Pedicels 1–4 mm 

• Oblong or pear-shaped with a pimply surface, 7–9 mm long and 4–5 mm wide

•  Conical to rounded or beaked operculum that is much shorter than the floral cup

Flowers:

•  White

• May, September and November 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody cup-shaped or barrel-shaped capsule

• 7–10 mm long and 8–12 mm wide 

• Valves near rim level or below

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E moorei honours Charles Moore, director of the Sydney Botanical gardens  Narrow-leaved Sallee

Size: – m.

Habit: x

• Eucalyptus moorei is a mallee that typically grows to a height of 6–10 m (20–33 ft) and forms a lignotuber. 

Bark:

Adult leaves:

• Alternate, linear to narrow lance-shaped or curved, the same glossy green on both sides

• 30–90 mm by 4–13 mm 

• Petiole up to 8 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Sessile leaves arranged in opposite pairs, linear to oblong 

• 28–45 mm by 6–25 mm 

Buds:

• Arranged in clusters of between 7 and 15 in leaf axils 

• Unbranched peduncle 1–7 mm 

• Pedicel 0 to1 mm 

• Top-shaped, 5–7 mm long and about 2 mm wide 

• Conical to horn-shaped operculum

Flowers:

• White

• February to May 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody cup-shaped or shortened spherical capsule

• 4–5 mm long and 3–6 mm wide 

• Valves enclosed below the level of the rim

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

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E pulverulenta powdered Silver-leaved Mountain Gum

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• Eucalyptus pulverulenta is a straggly tree or mallee that typically grows to a height of 5 m (16 ft) or a tree to 9 m (30 ft), and forms a lignotuber. 

Bark:

• smooth, greenish to grey or brown bark, sometimes hanging in short ribbons. 

Adult leaves:

• The crown of the tree has almost exclusively juvenile leaves 

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Juvenile growth:

• Egg-shaped to round or heart-shaped, glaucous, sessile and opposite 

• 15–50 mm by 20–50 mm 

Buds:

• Arranged in leaf axils in groups of 3

• Unbranched peduncle 3–12 mm 

• Pedicels 0 to 3 mm (0.12 in) long. 

• Glaucous, oval to diamond-shaped, 9–11 mm long, 4–7 mm wide 

• Conical to beaked operculum

Flowers:

• White

• May to November 

Fruit:

• The fruit is a woody, cup-shaped to cylindrical capsule 

• 5–10 mm long, 6–11 mm wide

•  Valves near rim level

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

E viridis green (latin) Green Mallee

Size: – m.

Habit:

• A mallee of 8–10 m that forms a lignotuber. 

Bark:

• Rough, dark grey, fibrous or flaky on the lower stems, smooth greyish brown above, or sometimes entirely smooth. 

Adult leaves:

• Glossy green, narrow linear to narrow lance-shaped, curved or narrow elliptical

• 50–130 mm by 3–15 mm 

• Tapering to a petiole up to 13 mm 

Juvenile growth:

• Linear to narrow lance-shaped or narrow elliptical

• 45–95 mm by2–11 mm

Buds:

• Arranged on the ends of branchlets in groups of 7 or 9

•  Branched peduncle 3–13 mm

• Pedicels 1–6 mm 

• Oval to diamond-shaped, 4–8 mm long and 2–4 mm wide

•  Conical operculum

Flowers:

• White

• Most months 

Fruit:

• Woody, cup-shaped capsule 

• 3–7 mm long and 3–5 mm wide 

• Valves near rim level

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat:

Eucalyptus erythrocorys        Red-capped Gum

Size: – m.

Habit: x

Bark: x

Adult leaves: x

Juvenile growth: x

Buds: x

Flowers: x

Fruit: x

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E gillii Curly Mallee

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Habit: x

Bark: x

Adult leaves: x

Juvenile growth: x

Buds: x

Flowers: x

Fruit: x

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E viridis Common name

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Bark: 

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Adult leaves: 

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Juvenile growth: 

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Buds: 

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Flowers: 

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Fruit: 

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Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: 

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Buds:

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Flowers:

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Fruit:

• x

Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: x

E ornata Common name

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Habit: 

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Bark: 

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Adult leaves: 

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Juvenile growth: 

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Buds: 

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Flowers: 

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Fruit: 

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Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: 

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E ornata Common name

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Juvenile growth: 

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Buds: 

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Flowers: 

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Fruit: 

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Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: 

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Sc name Common name

Size: – m.

Habit: 

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Bark: 

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Adult leaves: 

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Juvenile growth: 

• x

Buds: 

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Flowers: 

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Fruit: 

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Distribution   Sc name   -  GFD license. Map crated April 2007.

Habitat: 

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