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Eucalyptus Insularis
''Eucalyptus insularis'', commonly known as Twin Peak Island mallee, or North Twin Peak Island mallee, is a species of Mallee (habit), mallee that is Endemism, endemic to a small area of southern Western Australia. It has mostly smooth bark, dull green, linear adult leaves, flower buds in group of between nine and twenty or more, white flowers and barrel-shaped fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus insularis'' is a mallee that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth greyish bark, sometimes with rough, fibrous bark on larger stems. Young plants and coppice regrowth have Sessility (botany), sessile, oblong to lance-shaped leaves long and wide arranged in opposite pairs. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, the same dull green colour on both sides, linear in shape, long and wide on a Petiole (botany), petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of between nine and twenty or more on a pendulous Peduncle (botany), peduncle long, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cape Le Grand National Park
Cape Le Grand National Park is a national park in Western Australia, south-east of Perth and east of Esperance. The park covers an area of The area is an ancient landscape which has been above sea level for well over 200 million years and remained unglaciated. As a result, the area is home to many primitive relict species. Established in 1966, the park is managed by the Department of Parks and Wildlife. The name Le Grand is from one of the officers on ''L'Espérance'', one of the ships in the 1792 expedition of Bruni d'Entrecasteaux. Geography The largely granite shoreline and white sand beaches are picturesque features of the area. The park is a used for fishing, off-roading, tourism, and hiking. Beaches within the Park include those at Lucky Bay, Rossiter Bay, Hellfire Bay, Le Grand Beach, and Thistle Cove. The islands and waters to the south of the park are known as the '' Recherche Archipelago Nature Reserve'', another protected area of the Recherche Archipelago and n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
