Species id: possible tea tree

Keels · Post by **Keels** » April 22nd, 2018, 7:14 pm

Interesting tree i found walkinh out and about. Keen to understand it more. Thanks.

shibui · Post by **shibui** » April 22nd, 2018, 8:20 pm

The bark looks possible but the leaves do not look like tea tree Keels. As an initial guess I'd be looking at some of group commonly referred to as 'heaths'
I noted that Sno was reading this thread so he will probably come back with a good ID quicker than most of us

dansai · Post by **dansai** » April 22nd, 2018, 8:22 pm

I was going to say heath too. Not that that helps much. Looks like an old specimen though

Keels · Post by **Keels** » April 22nd, 2018, 8:47 pm

cheers guys, i thought i was on the money with the tea tree id lol. Ill keep looking. This little tree is interesting though. It does look old thats for sure.

Sno · Post by **Sno** » April 22nd, 2018, 9:13 pm

My guess only because Shibui put me on the spot

.maybe a Baekea . It kind of looks like Baekea utilis , Mountain Baekea . A seed head or flower photo would help also I presume it's somewhere in the Canberra region .

Keels · Post by **Keels** » April 22nd, 2018, 9:24 pm

Sno wrote:My guess only because Shibui put me on the spot .maybe a Baekea . It kind of looks like Baekea utilis , Mountain Baekea . A seed head or flower photo would help also I presume it's somewhere in the Canberra region .

Yes its in the canberra region. Growing in rock outcrops. It didn't have any flowers or seeds that i saw.

TimJ7 · Post by **TimJ7** » April 23rd, 2018, 9:34 am

Could also be a Kunzea, They have bark and leaves like this and the same growth habit.
They occur around Canberra all the way to the coast.

Gerard · Post by **Gerard** » April 23rd, 2018, 10:39 am

Maybe consider sanantha virgata, (I think sanantha is a re-classification of baekea) very vascular character to the trunk is typical

Sno · Post by **Sno** » April 23rd, 2018, 1:26 pm

Gerard wrote ' Maybe consider sanantha virgata' .
Oh no the can is opened

I'm not sure that what ever they are calling it now is endemic to the ACT .

The other one you might consider is Mycromyrtus cilliata .

GavinG · Post by **GavinG** » April 23rd, 2018, 3:19 pm

Certainly have a wander through the Australian National Botanic Gardens on Black Mountain in Canberra - interesting trees and bushes have labels on them, or somewhere nearby. Also have a look at some of RogerH's trees at the Canberra Bonsai Society meetings or the show in October, - Micromyrtus looks a bit familiar.

See you there,

Gavin

shibui · Post by **shibui** » April 23rd, 2018, 7:01 pm

Micromyrtus ciliata is a very good suggestion Sno. Micromyrtus love growing in cracks on exposed rock outcrops and they do produce these great trunks. Photos are not clear enough to see whether the leaves are alternate or opposite.

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