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Eucalyptus Goniantha
''Eucalyptus goniantha'', commonly known as Jerdacuttup mallee, is a species of Mallee (habit), mallee, or rarely a tree, that is Endemism, endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth bark, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between seven and eleven, creamy white flowers and more or less ribbed, hemispherical fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus goniantha'' is a mallee, rarely a tree, that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth, grey to pale brown bark. Young plants and coppice regrowth have leaves that are oblong to egg-shaped or almost round. Adult leaves are lance-shaped, 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 an unbranched Peduncle (botany), peduncle long, the individual buds on Pedicel (botany), pedicels long. Mature buds are oval, creamy yellow, long and wide with a rounded to bluntly beaked Operculum (botany), operculum. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torndirrup National Park
Torndirrup National Park is a national park in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, southeast of Perth and via Frenchman Bay Road is south of Albany. Torndirrup National Park has many impressive rock formations on the coast. These include the Gap, Natural Bridge and the Blowholes all shaped from the local granite. The park is along the coast on the west side of King George Sound and consists of a range of cliffs, gullies, blowholes, beaches and promontories. History The area is composed of three major rock types, one of these being gneiss. The oldest of these was formed 1300-1600 million years ago. This rock type can be seen along the cliff walls of the Gap. The granites were formed later as the Australian Plate collided with the Antarctic Plate 1160 million years ago as molten rock rose to the surface. These granites are visible in the tors atop Stony Hill. The park was gazetted in 1918, one of the first in Western Australia. It was later named in 1969 taking t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
