2 Tallowwood at Bemboka, NSW
Identification history
| Eucalyptus microcorys | 17 Nov 2023 | natureguy | ||
| Eucalyptus bridgesiana | 17 Nov 2023 | CarbonAI | ||
| Eucalyptus microcorys | 17 Nov 2023 | Steve818 |
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The photo with the mountain bike is for scale. The bike has 29inch diameter wheels.
6 comments
Steve818
wrote:
17 Nov 2023
@natureguy @MichaelMulvaney @Tapirlord this is an unusual sighting. Normally with an out of range Eucalypt like this Tallowwood, it would easy to say it was planted. But this tree is massive, 9.5m circumference. So it must have been planted in the 1800s. Graziers arrived in Bemboka in the 1870s. So it is possible that someone planted it not long after, but odd given they would have been busy clearing the forest for grazing, not planting Eucalypts.
Tapirlord
wrote:
17 Nov 2023
To be honest it is pretty big to be just 150 years old, very interesting sighting. There must be some story behind this tree!
Steve818
wrote:
18 Nov 2023
@plants what do you think? It is in the parkland next to the Bemboka Police Station. There is steep roadside cutting so easy to go straight past without realising the large size.
plants
wrote:
18 Nov 2023
It is way out of range nd an individual only presumably.
I would check the history of the Bemboka Police Statiion site - did a constable come from the north coast early on?
I would check the history of the Bemboka Police Statiion site - did a constable come from the north coast early on?
Steve818
wrote:
18 Nov 2023
@plants that would make sense if they arrived early in the towns history.
Steve818
wrote:
20 Nov 2023
I have been searching TROVE for photos of Bemboka from the early 1900s to see if the Tallowwood is featured. No luck with photos of that part of town. The Bega Historical Society may have some photos or letters. The mystery continues...
Location information
- Coordinates 149.572392-36.629619
- Altitude 218.0m
- Places Bemboka, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Dec 2023 12:24 PM Recorded on
- Steve818 Recorded by
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Eucalypt Health Surveillance - NSW South Coast
Additional information
- 950 Circumference of trunk (cm)
- Greater than 5 metres Plant height
- Alive / healthy Plant health
- True In flower
Species information
- Eucalyptus microcorys Scientific name
- Tallowwood Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 218m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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