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Sciences Building (Bld 35). See map over page. over map See 35). (Bld Building Sciences Management Committee & the Office of Community and and Community of Office the & Committee Management Start your walk from the corner of the Biological Biological the of corner the from walk your Start Herbarium with the support of the Campus Environment Environment Campus the of support the with Herbarium (depending on how quickly you walk). you quickly how on (depending This guide was produced by staff of the Janet Cosh Cosh Janet the of staff by produced was guide This rainforest trees and will take between 15-30 minutes minutes 15-30 between take will and trees rainforest HERBARIUM The walk consists of 44 species of Eucalypt and and Eucalypt of species 44 of consists walk The SH SH O C ET N JA WALK TREE CAMPUS POOL Recreation & Aquatic Centre 6 9 25 7 10 8 5 11 58 59 60 Administration 57 12 41 4 3 13 Car Park 50 51 14 54 53 56 52 McKinnon 15 55 16 42 2 20 18 1 19 17 Janet Cosh Herbarium 21 18 15 6 20 3 44 35 14 25 24 5 23 8 19 26 2 29 Hope 22 31 30 28 27 32 4 33 43 42 39 Library 34 40 Car 41 Park 35 UniBar 1 36 38 37 39 Car Park Unicentre University Hall 10 TREE IDENTIFICATION GUIDE 1. Eucalyptus scoparia (Myrtaceae) 19. Glochidion sumatranum (Euphorbiaceae) 35. Melia azedarach (Meliaceae) ‘Willow Gum’ ‘Umbrella Cheese Tree’ ‘White Cedar’ Bark: smooth, white to pale grey Bark: rough throughout Bark: rough throughout Leaves: simple, alternate, discolorous Leaves: simple, alternate, glossy soft Leaves: pinnate, alternate Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted Fruit: pink and .attened with many segments Fruit: yellow berry Habitat: DSF. Castle Rock area, Qld Habitat: RF. North coast Habitat: RF. Coast 2. Removed 20. Ficus rubiginosa (Moraceae) 36. Brachychiton acerifolius (Malvaceae) 3. Casuarina glauca (Casuarinaceae) ‘Port Jackson Fig’ ‘Illawarra Flame Tree’ ‘Swamp Oak’ Bark: smooth Bark: smooth; greenish Bark: fissured grey-brown Leaves: simple, alternate, lower surface with rusty hairs Leaves: simple, lobed, alternate Fruit: Fig Leaves: reduced to scales, stem photosynthetic Fruit: large woody pod Habitat: RF, DSF. Coast, ranges and western slopes Fruit: woody cone Habitat: RF. Coast and ranges Habitat: Brackish situations. Coast and central west. 21. Casuarina cunninghamiana 37. Podocarpus elatus (Podocarpaceae) ssp. cunninghamiana (Casuarinaceae) 4. Removed ‘Plum Pine’ ‘River Sheoak’ Bark: rough throughout 5. Removed Bark: .ssured grey brown Leaves: simple, alternate, dark green 6. Syncarpia glomulifera (Myrtaceae) Leaves: reduced to scales, stem photosynthetic Fruit: cones born on swollen fleshy receptacles, ‘Turpentine’ Fruit: woody cone blue-black Bark: stringy Habitat: Along permanent fresh water. Widespread Habitat: RF. Coast Leaves: simple, opposite, discolorous 22. Removed 38. Eucalyptus paniculata (Myrtaceae) Fruit: woody capsule with many openings 23. Eucalyptus bosistoana (Myrtaceae) ‘Grey Ironbark’ Habitat: WSF and RF. Coast and ranges ‘Coast Grey Box’ Bark: ironbark; grey 7. Removed Bark: box, fibrous and flakey on main trunk, Leaves: simple, alternate, discolorous 8. Eucalyptus saligna/ smooth uppers Fruit: gum nut, valves enclosed botryoides (intergrade) (Myrtaceae) Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Habitat: WSF. Coast ‘Sydney Blue Gum/Bangalay’ Fruit: gum nut, valves enclosed 39. Eucalyptus tereticornis (Myrtaceae) Bark: rough, smooth uppers Habitat: WSF. Southern part of coast and ranges ‘Forest Red Gum’ Leaves: simple, alternate, discolorous 24. Eucalyptus grandis (Myrtaceae) Bark: smooth; white or grey Fruit: gum nut, valves enclosed or exserted ‘Flooded Gum’ Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Habitat: WSF, DSF. Coastal, south of Sydney Bark: smooth Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted 9. Eucalyptus canaliculata (Myrtaceae) Leaves: simple, alternate, discolorous Habitat: WSF, DSF. Coast, ranges and western slopes Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted ‘Large-fruited Grey Gum’ 40. Corymbia eximia (Myrtaceae) Habitat: WSF or RF margins. North coast Bark: smooth; patchy white, grey, pink ‘Yellow Bloodwood’ Leaves: simple, alternate, discolorous 25. Eucalyptus pilularis (Myrtaceae) Bark: rough; yellowish Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted ‘Blackbutt’ Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Habitat: WSF, DSF. North coast. Bark: rough, smooth uppers Fruit: urn shaped gum nut 10. Eucalyptus amplifolia (Myrtaceae) Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Habitat: DSF on sandstone derived soils. Coast Fruit: gum nut, valves enclosed ‘Cabbage Gum’ (Myrtaceae) Habitat: WSF. Coastal 41. Eucalyptus deanei Bark: smooth; white, grey, red-brown, green ‘Mountain Blue Gum’ Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous 26. Eucalyptus bicostata (Myrtaceae) Bark: rough at base, smooth on uppers; white, Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted ‘Eurabbie’ cream to grey Habitat: Grassy woodland, usually on damp sites. Bark: smooth; white or grey Leaves: simple, alternate, discolorous Coast and ranges Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted 11. Eucalyptus tereticornis (Myrtaceae) Habitat: WSF. Coast and northern ranges Habitat: WSF. Ranges ‘Forest Red Gum’ 42. Lophostemon confertus (Myrtaceae) 27. Corymbia maculata (Myrtaceae) Bark: smooth; white or grey ‘Brush Box’ ‘Spotted Gum’ Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Bark: rough at base, smooth on uppers; pinkish Bark: smooth; grey patches Fruit: gum nut, valves exserted Leaves: simple, alternate, glossy Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Habitat: WSF, DSF. Coast, ranges and western slopes Fruit: woody capsule Fruit: urn shaped gum nut 12. Eucalyptus globoidea (Myrtaceae) Habitat: RF,WSF. North coast Habitat: Open forest on shale derived soils. Coast, ‘White Stringybark’ ranges, central west 43. Eucalyptus sideroxylon (Myrtaceae) Bark: stringy ‘Mugga’ 28. Acmena smithii (Myrtaceae) Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous or slightly Bark: red-brown to brown-black ironbark ‘Lilli Pilli’ discolorous Leaves: simple, alternate, concolorous Bark: rough Fruit: gum nut, valves enclosed Fruit: gum nut, valves enclosed Habitat: DSF. Coast and ranges Leaves: simple, opposite, glossy Fruit: white to purple Habitat: DSF. Inland 13. Melaleuca styphelioides (Myrtaceae) Habitat: RF. Coast and ranges 44. Ficus coronata (Moraceae) ‘Paperbark’ (Euphorbiaceae) ‘Sandpaper Fig’ Bark: paperbark 29. Glochidion ferdinandi ‘Cheese Tree’ Bark: rough