Eucalyptus kartzoffiana
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Eucalyptus kartzoffiana, the Araluen Gum is seldom noticed eucalyptus
of south eastern Australia
. A mid to large tree, sometimes reaching 30 metres in height. The tree features bluish juvenile leaves. A rare species, with a ROTAP
rating of 2VCi, with a most restricted distribution. The small populations are threatened by clearing and road works.
The original specimen was collected by Lawrie Johnson in 1968, 6.5 kilometres north of Araluen
on the Braidwood
road. The habitat is grassy woodland by streams on granite
based soils of a moderate fertility. It is quite common in these few sites.
bluish colour. Adult leaves are alternate on the stem, 20 x 2 cm long. The same colour green above and below the leaf. A leaf vein travels around the margin of the leaf, a millimetre from the edge. The leaf stalk is flattened. Flowers form in threes. Gumnuts are bell-shaped, around 0.7 by 0.7 cm in diameter.
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is a diverse genus of flowering trees in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. Members of the genus dominate the tree flora of Australia...
of south eastern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. A mid to large tree, sometimes reaching 30 metres in height. The tree features bluish juvenile leaves. A rare species, with a ROTAP
ROTAP
Rare or Threatened Australian Plants, usually abbreviated to ROTAP, is a list of rare or threatened Australian plant taxa. Developed and maintained by the CSIRO, the most recent edition lists 5031 taxa. The list uses a binary coding system based on the IUCN Red List categories for "Presumed...
rating of 2VCi, with a most restricted distribution. The small populations are threatened by clearing and road works.
The original specimen was collected by Lawrie Johnson in 1968, 6.5 kilometres north of Araluen
Araluen, New South Wales
Araluen is a small town near Braidwood in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in Palerang Council. It lies in the valley of Araluen creek, that joins the Deua River at roughly the mid point in its course. On Census night 2006, Araluen had a population of 215 people.The name...
on the Braidwood
Braidwood, New South Wales
Braidwood is a town in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, in Palerang Shire. It is located on the busy Kings Highway linking Canberra to Batemans Bay on the coast. It is about 200 kilometres south west of Sydney and about 60 kilometres inland from the coast...
road. The habitat is grassy woodland by streams on granite
Granite
Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granite usually has a medium- to coarse-grained texture. Occasionally some individual crystals are larger than the groundmass, in which case the texture is known as porphyritic. A granitic rock with a porphyritic...
based soils of a moderate fertility. It is quite common in these few sites.
Description
Bark is a rough fawn/grey colour, above is smooth pale grey bark. Juvenile leaves without stalks, opposite on the stem, broad to round of a glaucousGlaucous
Glaucous is used to describe the pale grey or bluish-green appearance of the surfaces of some plants, as well as in the names of birds, such as the Glaucous Gull , Glaucous-winged Gull , Glaucous Macaw , and Glaucous...
bluish colour. Adult leaves are alternate on the stem, 20 x 2 cm long. The same colour green above and below the leaf. A leaf vein travels around the margin of the leaf, a millimetre from the edge. The leaf stalk is flattened. Flowers form in threes. Gumnuts are bell-shaped, around 0.7 by 0.7 cm in diameter.