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MatthewFrawley wrote:

11 Jun 2024

Awesome information @Steve818 many thanks again. It really did look like a different tree to the other E. stricta I saw nearby.

Eucalyptus dendromorpha

Steve818 wrote:

11 Jun 2024

@MatthewFrawley and @Tapirlord : Dr Dean Nicolle got back to me and said it is likely to be E.dendromorpha. It is a common species on and around wet cliffs in the central Blue Mountains, and closely related to E.stricta and E.burgessiana. Older Eucalypt books and EUCLID only list as a tree, hence why when keying out there was some confusion. I compared with a sighting on the South Coast that was identified as E.dendromorpha too, and they are a good match. Interestingly the older texts and EUCLID say it does not have a lignotuber, but that now needs revising. After the 2019-20 fires a lot of E.dendromorpha went from tree form to mallee form, so a lignotuber was present. Maybe there are populations with and without lignotubers.

Eucalyptus dendromorpha

MatthewFrawley wrote:

9 Jun 2024

Thanks @Steve818, I couldn't find any buds on the trees, not sure if they would have helped in identification but I looked, to no avail.

Corymbia gummifera

Steve818 wrote:

9 Jun 2024

E.punctata features: bark with granular surface grey brown with cream patches, buds in 7s ovoid with operculum scar, adult leaves glossy dark green.

Eucalyptus punctata

Steve818 wrote:

9 Jun 2024

Either yellow bloodwood or red bloodwood. Bark looks more like red bloodwood as it is grey brown rather than yellow brown.