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Eucalyptus Georgei
''Eucalyptus georgei'', commonly known as Hyden blue gum, is a species of tree or Mallet (habit), mallet that is Endemism, endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth bark, glossy green, lance-shaped adult leaves, wikt:glaucous#Adjective, glaucous flower buds in groups of between seven and eleven, creamy white flowers and conical to cup-shaped fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus georgei'' is a tree or mallet that typically grows to a height of but does not form a lignotuber. It has smooth, pale grey and coppery-orange coloured bark that detaches in long ribbons. Young plants and coppice regrowth have glaucous, egg-shaped to broadly lance-shaped leaves that are long and wide. Adult leaves are either glossy green or glaucous, long and wide on a Petiole (botany), petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf wikt:axil, axils in groups of seven, nine or eleven on a thick, glaucous, unbranched Peduncle (botany), peduncle long, the individual buds on Pedicel (botany), pedicels a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyden, Western Australia
The town of Hyden is located east-southeast of Perth, Western Australia in the Shire of Kondinin. Hyden is home to Wave Rock, Mulka's Cave and Hippos Yawn, all popular local tourist attractions. The traditional owners of the area are the Aboriginal Australian group the Njakinjaki people, who have inhabited the region for thousands of years. The many granite outcrops, land formations, waterways as well as flora and fauna are still culturally significant to them. Sandalwood cutters were thought to be the earliest European visitors in the area. The land in the surrounding area was opened up for agriculture in the 1920s. A railway was built between Kondinin and Hyden Rock in 1930. The townsite was gazetted in 1932 following demand for land around the railway terminus. The first wheat crop was harvested in Hyden in 1927. The Hyden Progress Association was established prior to 1931 when the town was home to about 100 settlers. In 1931 the town had another large wheat crop, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
