Showing posts with label Botany. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Botany. Show all posts

From Seed to Tree: Oak


            A Year in  the Life of an Oak Tree



Who Will Plant a Tree?

A 2000 Year Old Date Tree from the Time of Jesus, Resurrected!

A Tree for All Seasons

A Year in the Life of a Beech Tree
A Year in the Life of an Oak Tree
A Year in the Life of a Román Tree
A Year in the Life of a Maple Tree
A Year in the Life of a Crab Apple Tree
A Year in the Life of a Horse ChestNut Tree
A Year in the Life of a Hazel Tree
A Year in the Life of an Oak Tree
A Year in the Life of a Sycamore Tree
A Year in the Life of an Ash Tree
A Year in the Life of an Alder Tree
A Year in the Life of a BlackThorn Tree

January 1788: FiRst FLeet arrIval at BOtany BAy

Waratah
Waratah
Attributed to George Raper (1769–1797)NATIONAL LIBRARY OF AUSTRALIA

Did you KnOw...?


Australia´s Forests

South East of Australia eucaliptus forests dominate the landscape. 
When the predominant species is Eucalyptus diversicolor the forest is called KArri.
But if the dominant species is the Eucalyptus marginata, the forest is known as JArrah.
 







Gum BLossoms: AustraLian GeogrAphic

Dwarf Apple (Angophora hispida)
Dwarf apple (Angophora hispida)
Angophora is the smallest of the three eucalyptus,
 with its 12 species restricted to the eastern ranges
 and coast of mainland Australia
.Flowers: summer
Photo Credit: Bronwyn King

Gum BLossoms: AustrALia Geographic

Red-flowering gum (Corymbia ficifolia)
Red-flowering gum (Corymbia ficifolia)
A species naturally restricted to sandy, 
coastal, often swampy sites 
n the far South-Western corner of Australia.
Photo Credit: Bronwyn King

GUm Tree BLossoms: AusTRaLian GEogrAphic

Dunlop's bloodwood (Corymbia dunlopiana)

Dunlop's bloodwood (Corymbia dunlopiana)
This is one of nearly 100 species of Corymbia, a genus mainly restricted to Australia’s tropical north. Named in 1995
Flowers: mainly end of the Dry and into early Wet
Photo Credit: Bronwyn King