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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 ...
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 ...
In 2012, a car crashed into the tree base from the highway and severely damaged its stone wall foundations and the roof. [7] 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]
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]
A large mountain blue gum tree measuring 65 metres (213 ft) high with a trunk 6 metres (20 ft) in circumference grows in the Blue Gum Forest. Being over 600 years old, it is a local landmark for bushwalkers. [4] Because of the effects of trampling, camping is permitted at nearby Acacia Flat, not in the Blue Gum Forest itself. [5]
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 a moist gully in the Blue Mountains National Park. Hedycarya angustifolia, commonly known as native mulberry, Australian mulberry, [2] or djelwuck [3] is a species of flowering plant in the family Monimiaceae, and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with elliptic or egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves and male and ...