Gum-Tree

Seeana

While cycling around Wishart I came across this magnificent old-growth gum (possibly a Narrow-leaved Red Gum, Eucalyptus seeana.

A vase holds branchlet of dull green gum leaves, smooth buds and flowers. some of the buds are just opening to reveal white stamens having lost their cap while others remain closed. The long, pointed leaves have a prominent mid-vein that are arranged opposite each other on the stem.

Pink Bloodwood

It was the raucous Rainbow Lorikeets that alerted me. Their feeding frenzy around a flowering tree canopy 30m above had littered the forest floor with fallen buds, flowers and leaves.

Resin exudate from the trunk of a Smudgee tree

Resin Source

Wild native bees such as Tetragonula carbonaria seem to use collected resin for a variety of purposes…

Scribbles on the trunk of Eucalyptus racemosa

Nature Scribbles

The Seven Hills Reserve has a few Scribbly Gum (Eucalyptus racemosa) trees that stand out at this time of year with their smooth, pale yellow trunks…