Growing in Western District Victoria.
I have been asking around and one suggestion is Eucalyptus annulata.
Any ideas?
Flitch - cutting a limb which fell off the tree.
Wood sawn and stacked ready for air-drying.
Questions I need to answer to help identification:
- Is the plant native to the area or was it cultivated?
- Is it a tree or a mallee (multi-stemmed)?
- Is the bark rough towards the base of the trunk?
- Are the buds, branches or leaves glaucous*?
*Coated with a bluish-white 'bloom' (a powdery-wax secretion), sometimes giving leaves a grey or silvery appearance.
ref. Native Trees and Shrubs of South-Eastern Australia. Leon Costermans. New Holland Publishers ISBN 1876334649
"grey, sinewy, cyclist-leg" tree?
ReplyDeleteTim I have a book called 'trees of victoria and adjoining areas' written by the same guy. Your picture there is definitely of a tree, I dare say L.C. himself would back us up there. Beyond that I can't help. He doesn't seem to have given this particular tree a mention in the book but you're welcome to have a look for yourself. It sure is a nice tree though. Perhaps its a migrant from further north. Dane
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