Thanks Isobel.
Long-leaved Box or Bundy is Eucalyptus goniocalyx. While it is rough-barked and can look similar to Apple Box,
Eucalyptus bridgesiana, it is only reasonably closely related - the juvenile or coppice leaves, buds and fruits are the best ways to distinguish these species. However, locally Long-leaved Box is more likely to be found to the north of the ACT, where
it rarely grows into a substantial tree. My recollection is that the large, rough-barked eucalypts on Kellys Lane are Apple Box.
There is a third species that can look similar: Mealy Bundy or
Eucalypt nortonii. This is closely related to ad very similar to Long-leaved Box, and can be found towards the south of the ACT. It also rarely grows into a substantial tree. Mealy Bundy has glaucous, waxy new growth, buds and fruit.
As well as candlebarks, peppermints and other eucalypts, there is also a nice stand of Snowgum,
Eucalyptus pauciflora, on Kellys Lane.
Regards
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Isobel Crawford <>
Sent: Monday, 26 November 2018 8:23 AM
To: calyptorhynchus <>
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Subject: Kelly Lane eucalypts
John et al.
it looks like a long-leaved box, and if there are Candlebarks there too, it would be Apple Box, as Jenny has suggested. Nancy Burbidge described Eucalyptus bridgesiana as the long-leaved box of drainage lines and gullies in the ACT.
Isobel.
On 25/11/18 at 1:56 PM, m("gmail.com","calyptorhynchus");">
(calyptorhynchus) wrote:
>I was at Kelly Lane this morning, admiring the magnificent eucalyptus
>(though the birds were a bit few and far between). Could someone tell
>me what species they are (most of those along the road and in the
>paddocks look to be the same sp), photo attached.
>
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