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Manna Gum

Eucalyptus viminalis
Found in this part of the Hills

The gully gum. Found through this part of the Hills, not yet confirmed on the property.

Photo coming

How to identify it

  • Flower buds in groups of seven.
  • Rough bark over the lower half of the trunk, smooth above, shedding in long ribbons that hang off the branches. The ribbons are the giveaway at a distance.
  • Juvenile leaves narrow (5 to 35 mm wide) and sessile, sitting straight on the stem with no stalk.
  • Fruit cup-shaped, with the valves poking well past the rim.

Where it lives

Wetter, cooler positions: gullies and creek flats. Patchy through the ranges. Named for the sugary 'manna' it weeps from the bark.

When to look

Look for buds in sevens and the hanging ribbons year round; flowers in the warmer months.

Quick call against Blue Gum: buds in threes is Blue Gum, sevens is Manna Gum. No buds? A broad stalked young leaf is Blue Gum, a narrow clasping one is Manna Gum. Adult leaf size does not separate them.

Status at Skye

Not yet confirmed on Mount Skye. Recorded through this part of the Adelaide Hills and on the Horsnell Gully corridor list, so worth watching for in the damp gully.

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