Eucalyptus accedens (Powderbark Wandoo)
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Avon Valley National Park Eucalyptus accedens(Powder-barked Wandoo)
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Avon Valley National Park Eucalyptus accedens(Powder-barked Wandoo)
Photograph by Gnangarra. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
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Credits:
Description, Habitat and Distribution information is sourced from: G.M.Chippendale (2017) Eucalyptus accedens. In: Flora of Australia. Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of the Environment and Energy, Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Eucalyptus%20accedens Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 license.
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POWDERBARK WANDOO FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Powderbark Wandoo
Description
Tree to 25 m. Bark white or pale pink, covered with a talc-like powder, the older bark shedding in small, brown flakes. Juvenile leaves ovate to orbicular, cordate, grey-blue or glaucous, concolorous. Adult leaves broadly lanceolate to lanceolate, acuminate, thick; lamina 8-12.5 cm long, 1.4-2 cm wide, dull, blue-green or grey-green; lateral veins faint, at 40° -50° ; intramarginal vein up to 1 mm from margin; petiole terete, 15-22 mm long. Peduncle 7-14 mm long; pedicels 2-6 mm long. Buds ovoid to clavate; operculum hemispherical or conical, 4-5 mm long, 4-6 mm wide; hypanthium hemispherical or cylindrical, 4-6 mm long and wide. Fruits cylindrical or subpyriform, 9-10 mm long, 6-9 mm wide; disc broad, descending; valves 3 or 4, just exserted to just included.
Habitat
Usually found on lateritic hill tops in open forest.
Distribution
Occurs between Three Springs and Narrogin, W.A., especially on the E side of the Darling Ra.
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Myrtales | | Family: | Myrtaceae | | Genus: | Eucalyptus | | Species: | accedens | | Common Name: | Powderbark Wandoo |
Relatives in same Genus
Eucalyptus acaciiformis
Eucalyptus acies
Eucalyptus albens
Eucalyptus bancroftii
Eucalyptus baxteri
Eucalyptus caleyi
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
Eucalyptus camphora
Eucalyptus cloeziana
Eucalyptus crebra
Eucalyptus crenulata
Eucalyptus curtisii
Eucalyptus dealbata
Eucalyptus dumosa
Eucalyptus eugenioides
Eucalyptus forrestiana
Eucalyptus goniocalyx
Eucalyptus grandis
Eucalyptus intertexta
Eucalyptus largiflorens
Eucalyptus leucoxylon var Rosea
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