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Yathong Nature Reserve
The Yathong Nature Reserve is a protected nature reserve that is also a nationally and internationally recognized biosphere situated in the central-western region of New South Wales, in eastern Australia. The reserve was listed by UNESCO in 1977 as a Biosphere Reserve under the Man and the Biosphere Programme (MAB). The reserve is significant for its biodiversity in both native plant and animal species. Cultural heritage and historical grazing activities add to the significance of this site as a conservation area. The reserve is the most extensive in New South Wales and shares a border with the Nombinnie Nature Reserve in the south-eastern corner, and is part of the Central NSW Mallee Important Bird Area. The reserve is situated south of the central-west town of Cobar and west from Sydney. Geography and climate The topography and landscape of the Yathong Nature Reserve is typical of central New South Wales in its predominance of semi-arid characteristics. The reserve is po ...
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Government Of New South Wales
The Government of New South Wales, also known as the NSW Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of New South Wales. It is currently held by a coalition of the Liberal Party and the National Party. The Government of New South Wales, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy, was formed in 1856 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended from time to time. Since the Federation of Australia in 1901, New South Wales has been a state of the Commonwealth of Australia, and the Constitution of Australia regulates its relationship with the Commonwealth. Under the Australian Constitution, New South Wales, as with all states, ceded legislative and judicial supremacy to the Commonwealth, but retained powers in all matters not in conflict with the Commonwealth. Executive and judicial powers New South Wales is governed according to the principles of the Westminster system, a form of parliamentary government based on the model of the United Kingdom. Legisl ...
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Bureau Of Meteorology (Australia)
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM or BoM) is an executive agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas. It was established in 1906 under the Meteorology Act, and brought together the state meteorological services that existed before then. The states officially transferred their weather recording responsibilities to the Bureau of Meteorology on 1 January 1908. History The Bureau of Meteorology was established on 1 January 1908 following the passage of the ''Meteorology Act 1906''. Prior to Federation in 1901, each colony had had its own meteorological service, with all but two colonies also having a subsection devoted to astronomy. In August 1905, federal home affairs minister Littleton Groom surveyed state governments for their willingness to cede control, finding South Australia and Victoria unwilling. However, at a ministerial conference in April 1906 the state governments agreed to transfer responsibility for m ...
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Eucalyptus Largiflorens
''Eucalyptus largiflorens'', or black box or river box, is a tree that is endemic to Australia. It has rough, fibrous or flaky bark, dull greenish-grey, lance-shaped leaves, oval to club-shaped green to yellow flower buds, white flowers and hemispherical, cup-shaped or barrel-shaped fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus largiflorens'' is a tree that grows to a height of with rough bark to the thinnest branches. The bark is dark grey and fibrous or flaky, sometimes furrowed on the trunk. The leaves on young trees are dull greyish green to bluish, linear to narrow lance-shaped, long and wide. Adult leaves are lance-shaped, the same shade of green on both sides, long and wide. The flowers are arranged in groups of mostly between seven and eleven on the ends of the branches or in leaf axils on a cylindrical peduncle long, individual flowers on a cylindrical pedicel long. The mature buds are green to yellow, oval to club-shaped, long and wide. The operculum is hemispherical to co ...
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Eucalyptus Populnea
''Eucalyptus populnea'', commonly known as poplar box, bimble box or bimbil box, is a species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has rough, fibrous or flaky bark on the trunk and branches, egg-shaped, elliptical or more or less round leaves, flower buds arranged in groups of seven to fifteen or more, white flowers and conical, hemispherical or cup-shaped fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus populnea'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, fibrous or flaky, greyish bark on the trunk and larger branches, smooth grey bark that is shed in short ribbons from the thinner branches. Young plants and coppice regrowth have egg-shaped to almost round, dull greyish green leaves that are long and wide. The crown has leaves that are the same shade of glossy green on both sides, egg-shaped, elliptical or more or less round leaves that are long and wide tapering to a petiole long. The flower buds are mostly arr ...
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Callitris Glaucophylla
''Callitris'' is a genus of coniferous trees in the Cupressaceae (cypress family). There are 16 recognized species in the genus, of which 13 are native to Australia and the other three (''C. neocaledonica, C. sulcata'' and ''C. pancheri'') native to New Caledonia. Traditionally, the most widely used common name is cypress-pine, a name shared by some species of the closely related genus ''Actinostrobus''.Eckenwalder, J.E. 2009. ''Conifers of the World: The Complete Reference''. Timber Press. p. 122-124 Description They are small to medium-sized trees or large shrubs, reaching tall (to in ''C. macleayana''). The leaves are evergreen and scale-like. But young seedlings have needle-like leaves; in ''C. macleayana'', needle-like leaves are found mixed with scale leaves throughout the tree's life. The scales are arranged in six rows along the twigs, in alternating whorls of three (often in whorls of four in ''C. macleayana''). The male cones are small, ...
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Eucalyptus Dwyeri
''Eucalyptus dwyeri'', commonly known as Dwyer's red gum or Dwyer's mallee gum, is a species of small tree, sometimes a mallee that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has smooth, white or cream-coloured bark, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven and conical, bell-shaped or hemispherical fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus dwyeri'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of or a mallee to , and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth white to cream coloured or greyish brown bark that is shed in plates or flakes. Young plants and coppice regrowth have lance-shaped leaves that are long and wide. Adult leaves are lance-shaped to curved, long and wide on a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in groups of seven in leaf axils on an unbranched peduncle long, the individual buds sessile or on a pedicel up to long. Mature buds are oval to diamond-shaped, long and wide with a conical operculum. Flowering occurs from September to December and the ...
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Eucalyptus Gracilis
''Eucalyptus gracilis'', commonly known as yorrell, snap and rattle, red mallee, white mallee or kong mallee, is a species of mallee or small tree endemic to Australia, where it is found in south-western New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia. It has smooth white bark, usually with rough, fibrous or flaky bark on the lower stems, linear to narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in group of between seven and eleven and cup-shaped, cylindrical or barrel-shaped fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus gracilis'' is an open to spreading, multi-stemmed mallee or tree that typically grows to a height of but sometimes to . It has smooth white, grey and coppery-cream bark, but usually rough, fibrous or flaky bark at the base of the stems. Young plants and coppice regrowth have linear to narrow lance-shaped leaves long and wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, the same glossy green on both sides, linear to narrow lance-shaped or curved, long and wide on ...
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Eucalyptus Socialis
''Eucalyptus socialis'', commonly known as the red mallee, or grey mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to inland Australia. Description ''Eucalyptus socialis'' is a mallee that typically grows to a height of , but can reach as high as , and forms a lignotuber. The canopy is about wide. It usually has rough, grey bark on the trunk and smooth dull grey bark that is shed in long ribbons above. Young plants and coppice regrowth have stems that are square in cross-section and leaves that are dull green to greyish, egg-shaped to lance-shaped or elliptical, long and wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, the same dull green or greyish colour on both sides, lance-shaped, long and wide, tapering to a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of between seven and thirteen on an unbranched peduncle long, the individual buds on pedicels long. Mature buds are oval to spindle-shaped, long and wide with a conical, beaked or horn-shaped o ...
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Eucalyptus Dumosa
''Eucalyptus dumosa'', commonly known as the white mallee, dumosa mallee, or Congoo mallee, is a species of mallee that is endemic to south eastern Australia. It usually has rough, flaky grey bark on the lower trunk, smooth bark above, lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and cup-shaped, cylindrical or barrel-shaped fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus dumosa'' is a mallee that typically grows to a height of , occasionally and a width of with an open, bushy, spreading habit. It usually has rough, flaky or fibrous greyish bark on the base of the trunk, smooth, whitish or yellow-white, weathering to grey or pinkish-grey bark above. The bark sheds in long thin ribbons. Young plants and coppice regrowth have petiolate, egg-shaped to broadly lance-shaped leaves that are long and wide. Adult leaves are the same dull bluish green to greyish green on both sides, lance-shaped to curved, long and wide on a petiole long. The flower buds are a ...
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Eucalyptus Morrisii
''Eucalyptus morrisii'', commonly known as grey mallee, is a species of mallee or straggly tree that is endemic to western New South Wales. It has rough, fibrous or flaky bark on some or all of the trunk, smooth greyish bark above, lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds usually in groups of three, white flowers and conical or hemispherical fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus morrisii'' is a mallee, sometimes a straggly tree, that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, fibrous or flaky, sometimes compacted, dark grey bark on part or all of the trunk, smooth greyish bark above. Young plants and coppice regrowth have linear to narrow lance-shaped leaves that are dull green, long and wide on a short petiole. Adult leaves are lance-shaped, the same shade of dull, greyish green on both sides, long and wide on a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils, usually in groups of three, on a peduncle long, the individual buds on pedicels lo ...
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Eucalyptus Viridis
''Eucalyptus viridis'', commonly known as the green mallee, is a species of mallee or small tree that is endemic to south-eastern, continental Australia. It has rough fibrous or flaky bark on the lower trunk, smooth bark above, linear to narrow lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven or nine, white flowers and cup-shaped fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus viridis'' is a mallee or small tree that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has rough, dark grey, fibrous or flaky bark on the lower stems, smooth greyish brown above, or sometimes entirely smooth bark. Yount plants and coppice regrowth have linear to narrow lance-shaped or narrow elliptical leaves that are long and wide. Adult leaves are glossy green, narrow linear to narrow lance-shaped, curved or narrow elliptical leaves that are long and wide, tapering to a petiole up to long. The flower buds are arranged on the ends of branchlets in groups of seven or nine on an branched peduncl ...
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List Of Eucalyptus Species
The following is an alphabetical list of ''Eucalyptus'' species accepted by the Australian Plant Census as at February 2019. Several species only occurring outside Australia, including '' E. orophila'', '' E. urophylla'' and '' E. wetarensis'' are listed at the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. A * '' Eucalyptus abdita'' Brooker & Hopper * '' Eucalyptus absita'' Grayling & Brooker – Badgingarra box * '' Eucalyptus acaciiformis'' H.Deane & Maiden – wattle-leaved peppermint * '' Eucalyptus accedens'' W.Fitzg. – powderbark wandoo * '' Eucalyptus acies'' Brooker – Woolburnup mallee * '' Eucalyptus acmenoides'' Schauer in W.G.Walpers – white mahogany * ''Eucalyptus acroleuca'' L.A.S.Johnson & K.D.Hill – Lakefield coolibah * '' Eucalyptus adesmophloia'' (Brooker & Hopper) D.Nicolle & M.E.French * '' Eucalyptus aequioperta'' Brooker & Hopper – Welcome Hill gum * ''Eucalyptus agglomerata'' Maiden – blue-leaved stringybark * ''Eucalyptus aggregata'' H.Deane & ...
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