Plants of a Photo: J. J. Smith Stringybark Forest · Stringybark Forest Tree Layer Pink gum...
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Plants of a Stringybark Forest Tree Layer Pink gum Eucalyptus fasciculosa Tree to 15m but often smaller and stunted, bark is smooth with grey patches, Fruits occur in large groups and are small and narrow in shape, whitish flowers occur in winter and spring Native cherry Exocarpos cupressiformis Looks similar to small pine tree, small red edible fruits in summer, flowers spring through to winter Cup gum Eucalyptus cosmophylla A short stumpy tree to 10m which may be single or multi-stemmed, bark is smooth and white-grey, fruit is cup-shaped and larger than other local Eucalypt species, whitish flowers occur in spring Brown stringybark Eucalyptus baxteri Tree to 20m, fruits are tea cup-shaped with a cross pattern on top, cream- coloured flowers occur in summer Messmate stringybark Eucalyptus obliqua Tree to 30m, dominant canopy species throughout much of range, trunks have thick brown bark which can peel off in strips, fruit are wine-glass shape, cream-coloured flowers summer to early winter Golden wattle Acacia pycnantha Blackish trunk, large leathery leaves, flowers winter and spring Drooping sheoak Allocasuarina verticillata Weeping needle-like branchlets, small cones on female tree, flowers autumn and winter Sweet bursaria Bursaria spinosa Dark olive-green leaves, seed pods shaped like a purse, strongly perfumed flower in pyramid-shaped groups in early summer Photo: J. J. Smith Photo: J. J. Smith Photo: J. J. Smith Photo: Deane Nicolle from The Eucalypts of South Australia Photo: J. J. Smith AP AP AP Schools located within the Adelaide & Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Board area are permitted to copy a small number of this document for educational purposes only. Copyright 2003. Under no circumstances are copies to be sold for profit. Illustrations marked ‘AP’ reproduced with kind permission of the author Ann Prescott from the book ‘It’s Blue with Five Petals’. Other images courtesy of Neville Bonney author of ‘What Seed is That?’ featuring illustrations by the artist Anne Miles.
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Plants of aStringybark Forest
Tree Layer
Pink gumEucalyptus fasciculosa
Tree to 15m but often smaller and stunted, bark is smooth with grey patches,Fruits occur in large groups and are small and narrow in shape, whitishflowers occur in winter and spring
Native cherryExocarpos cupressiformis
Looks similar to small pine tree, small red edible fruits in summer, flowersspring through to winter
Cup gumEucalyptus cosmophylla
A short stumpy tree to 10m which may be single or multi-stemmed, barkis smooth and white-grey, fruit is cup-shaped and larger than other localEucalypt species, whitish flowers occur in spring
Brown stringybarkEucalyptus baxteri
Tree to 20m, fruits are tea cup-shaped with a cross pattern on top, cream-coloured flowers occur in summer
Messmate stringybarkEucalyptus obliqua
Tree to 30m, dominant canopy species throughout much of range, trunks havethick brown bark which can peel off in strips, fruit are wine-glass shape,cream-coloured flowers summer to early winter
Golden wattleAcacia pycnantha
Blackish trunk, large leathery leaves, flowers winter and spring
Drooping sheoakAllocasuarina verticillata
Weeping needle-like branchlets, small cones on female tree, flowersautumn and winter
Sweet bursariaBursaria spinosa
Dark olive-green leaves, seed pods shaped like a purse, strongly perfumedflower in pyramid-shaped groups in early summer
Photo: J. J. Smith
Photo: J. J. Smith
Photo: J. J. Smith
Photo: Deane Nicolle from The Eucalypts of SouthAustralia
Photo: J. J. SmithAP
AP AP
Schools located within the Adelaide & Mount Lofty RangesNRM Board area are permitted to copy a small number of thisdocument for educational purposes only. Copyright 2003.Under no circumstances are copies to be sold for profit.
Illustrations marked ‘AP’ reproduced with kind permission
of the author Ann Prescott from the book ‘It’s Blue with
Five Petals’. Other images courtesy of Neville Bonney
author of ‘What Seed is That?’ featuring illustrations by
the artist Anne Miles.
