Eucalyptus stricta

Blue Mountains Mallee Ash at Blue Mountains National Park

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Identification history

Eucalyptus stricta	7 Jun 2024	Steve818
Eucalyptus stricta	20 Apr 2024	Steve818
Eucalyptus stricta	16 Apr 2024	MatthewFrawley

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Small, multi-stemmed mallee form of eucalypt, E. stricta suggested due to location.

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Steve818 wrote:

20 Apr 2024

Given the comments on PlantNet about integrades of E.stricta with the other green-leaved mallee ashes, I am a bit uncertain about id.

Steve818 wrote:

7 Jun 2024

This took me a while (I reviewed with two keys), but yes E.stricta is most likely, based on: location, buds > 7 that are clavate to obovoid to slightly pyriform with slightly warty operculum that is rounded and apiculate or slightly beaked, fruit barrel-shaped with descending disc, and this is where it gets interesting, the leaf width. The photos show the leaves are in the range for E.stricta on both keys:
PlantNet 0.6cm to 1cm wide (upper for this range), and EUCLID 0.6 cm to 1.6 cm wide (middle for this range). So that looks good for E.stricta.

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Location information

Coordinates 150.314685 -33.734665
Altitude 925.0m
Maps Blue Mountains National Park
Places Katoomba, NSW

Sighting information

4 - 15 Abundance
16 Apr 2024 04:26 PM Recorded on
MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Plants Gum Trees MatthewFrawley

Additional information

1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
Alive / healthy Plant health
True In flower

Species information

Eucalyptus stricta Scientific name
Blue Mountains Mallee Ash Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 925m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower
Synonyms
Eucalyptus spectratrix

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