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Eucalyptus Acies
''Eucalyptus acies'', commonly known as the Woolbernup mallee is a straggly shrub that is endemic to a restricted part of the Southwest Australia, south-west of Western Australia. It has smooth bark, lance-shaped leaves, club-shaped flower buds with prominent ridges on their sides, creamy white flowers and hemispherical to bell-shaped fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus acies'' is a straggly Mallee (habit), mallee shrub that typically grows to a height of and has smooth grey bark. It usually has several main stems and its young branches are more or less square in cross section. Leaves on young plants are arranged in opposite pairs, elliptic, long and wide with the lower surface a slighter paler green. The adult leaves are thick and coarse, in length with a lanceolate blade. Starting as a blue dullish green the leaves mature to a glossy green. Adult leaves are a similar green on both sides, lance-shaped and long and wide on a flattened Petiole (botany), petiole long. The flowers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Manypeaks
Mount Manypeaks is a distinctive peak located approximately north-east of Albany, north-east of Two Peoples Bay and south-east of the town of Manypeaks, in Western Australia. Mount Manypeaks Nature Reserve lies to the south of the peak, extending along the coast. History The mountain is the dominant feature in the area and was named by Captain Matthew Flinders in January 1802 whilst surveying the south coast region in HMS ''Investigator''. Flinders noted in his journal: "There are a number of small peaks upon the top of this ridge, which induced me to give it the name Mount Manypeak". The plural form has now become the accepted form of spelling. Location and description Situated around north-east of Albany, north-east of Two Peoples Bay and south-east of the town of Manypeaks, the mountain lies within the City of Albany local government area. Geology The Mount Manypeaks formation has a total length of and has a width of . The ridge A ridge or a mountain rid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
