Eucalyptus lane-poolei

Salmon white gum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Eucalyptus
Species: E. lane-poolei
Binomial name
Eucalyptus lane-poolei

Eucalyptus lane-poolei, commonly known as salmon white gum, is a eucalypt that is native to Western Australia.[1]

The mallee or tree typically grows to a height of 3 to 2 metres (10 to 7 ft) with bark that is mostly smooth. It blooms between January and April or June to September producing inflorescences with white-cream coloured flowers.[1] Flowering is unpredictable and individuals may possibly bloom at any time of year.[2] It has mottled bark which has colours ranging from a whitish grey to an orange-brown making it quite distinctive. The evergreen tree and glossy green foliage. Prior to flowering it forms ornamental globose buds.[3] The branches of the main stem are twisting and spreading and the lignotuber is large, allowing regeneration after fire. New branches may emerge from the bole without response to fire, and these intertwine with the older trunk to produce a tangled and irregular appearance as mature trees.[2]

It is found on slopes and creek banks along the west coast in the Wheatbelt, Peel and South West regions of Western Australia extending from Coorow in the north to Busselton in the south where it grows sandy or sandy-loam soils containing lateritic or granitic gravel.[1] It is native through most of the range but has become naturalised elsewhere. A distinct population is found on the western side of the Darling Range. Associated species in the understorey include Banksia nivea or Baumea preissii.[3] The species favour Guildford soil of the Perth metropolitan region, on the Swan Coastal Plain, and occurs on wetter sites that inhibit otherwise dominant eucalypts, Eucalyptus calophylla (marri) and E. wandoo.[2]

The species name lane-poolei honours the Western Australian forester Charles Edward Lane-Poole, who collected the type at Beenup (Byford) in 1919.[2][3] The author of the first description, made the same year, was Joseph Maiden.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Eucalyptus lane-poolei". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Powell, Robert; Jane Emberson, Jane; Hopper, Stephen; McMillan, Peter; Pieroni, Margaret; Patrick, Susan; Seddon, George (1990). Leaf and branch : trees and tall shrubs of Perth (2nd ed.). Perth, W.A.: Dept. of Conservation and Land Management. p. 119. ISBN 9780730939160.
  3. 1 2 3 "Eucalyptus lane-poolei Common name: Salmon White Gum". Kings Park and Botanic Gardens. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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