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Eucalyptus oreades, commonly known as the Blue Mountains ash, white ash or smooth-barked mountain ash, [2] is a species of medium-sized to tall tree that is native to eastern Australia. It has smooth, powdery whitish bark with rough bark near the base, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup ...
Eucalyptus notabilis, commonly known as Blue Mountains mahogany or mountain mahogany, [2] is a species of small to medium-sized tree endemic to eastern Australia. It has rough, fibrous bark on the trunk and branches, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and eleven, white flowers and hemispherical or ...
flower buds and flowers fruit. Eucalyptus stricta, commonly known as Blue Mountains mallee ash, [2] is a mallee that is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It has smooth, mottled bark, often with insect scribbles, linear to lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and urn-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit.
Several common names of eucalypt species have "mallee" in them, such as the Blue Mountains mallee (Eucalyptus stricta) and blue mallee (E. gamophylla and E. polybractea). The term is used in the phrase strong as a mallee bull, and is colloquially used is for any remote or isolated area, or as a synonym for outback. [2]
Eucalyptus agglomerata, commonly known as blue-leaved stringybark, [3] is a tree endemic to eastern Australia. It has persistent, stringy bark, green or greyish leaves with a bluish sheen, flower buds in groups of eleven to fifteen, white to cream-coloured flowers and crowded, flattened hemispherical fruit.
In August 2018, a state government heritage grant was awarded to Blue Mountains City Council to preserve what is left of the tree, as well as provide a better understanding of the place including Aboriginal perspectives. [7] The council had deemed an imminent risk of the collapse of the tree's platform due to traffic on the Great Western Highway.
Commonly known as white mountain banksia, it is the only subspecies with a montane distribution; it occurs in the Blue Mountains of New South Wales. It is similar in form to B. integrifolia subsp. integrifolia, but differs in having longer, narrower leaves, and follicles that are more deeply embedded in the old flower spike. [27]
Eucalyptus saligna, commonly known as the Sydney blue gum or blue gum, [3] is a species of medium-sized to tall tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has rough, flaky bark near the base of the trunk, smooth bark above, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, nine or eleven, white flowers and cylindrical to ...