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9th March 2009, 07:39 PM #1
Black Sheoak it's not, any ideas?
There is a bit of debate over the species of some timber I gave away at the last BBQ. I thought it was Black Sheoak (Allocasuarina littoralis) but that has now been ruled out.
It comes from an area is known as having “Black Sheoak Heathland” and “Swamp Mahogany Forest”. Amongst other species, another option might be the Common Tea-tree (Leptospermum polygalifolium).
Perhaps one of the experts on this forum can help out as to what is is.
Photos are of dry slice, wet slice and bark. Sorry no photos of flowers or leaves etc.
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9th March 2009, 08:34 PM #2SENIOR MEMBER
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Looks a bit like a pepper tree to me.
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9th March 2009, 09:40 PM #3
It's definitely a type of she-oak, but which one
Where did you get it from?
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Very hard with only bark to go by, but a punt. What about Callitris macleayana, stringybark pine. Occurs in the locality yours came from and there would not be many stringy-barked species there. The bark is not a bad match for this photo.
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10th March 2009, 06:48 PM #5Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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10th March 2009, 07:27 PM #7
No Mic, but here is the complete list if it helps, it is in the Stage 2 area in the table (and then in a sub-area I get from a series of diagrams else where).
So is it a no to Tea-tree?Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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10th March 2009, 08:37 PM #8
Wow, that is a big list, have fun searching google images! Don't think it is a leptospermum or melaleuca. The reason I suggested a she-oak was because of the convoluted growth habit of the trunk, looks a bit like the she-oak below, but the bark is wrong. The other one that might be it is the scrub turpentine.
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10th March 2009, 08:57 PM #9
its beenatree
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10th March 2009, 10:38 PM #10
Most sites refer to flowers etc that doesn't help.
Yes not a melaleuca. I also thought it was a sheoak and why I thought Black Sheoak orginally.
The scrub turpetine is from another area on site, not where this was found.
I cut 2 small trees down at my house a while ago, one a Tea-Tree, the other a Bottlebrush but forgot to lable them . It is very similar to one of them, that I thought was the Tea-Tree. Could it be a Bottlebrush, quite a few species in the area.Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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11th March 2009, 09:15 PM #11
Another Tea Tree guess from the list, Leptospermum whitei
Bark looks very similar hereNeil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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How about Agonis flexuosa? Willow leaf Myrtle it rolls in on its self like that.
Some leaves or fruit would be handy
Woops there are only 4 species of Agonis all from WA and the bark is a bit fluffy.
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Leptospermum whitei is a shrub. Don't think you'd get anything thicker than your wrist from one.
Only two bottlebrushes on the species list. Callistemon pachyphyllus is only a small shrub and C. saligna has white paper bark.
Hard to identify your timber with only bark to go on.Brian
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13th March 2009, 09:14 AM #14Neil____________________________________________Every day presents an opportunity to learn something new
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13th March 2009, 09:32 AM #15Skwair2rownd
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By the lack of medulary rays I would role out any Casuarina or Allocasuarina.
A Tea Tree of some sort perhaps, but don't really know enough about SEQ tree species to have a firm opinion.
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