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Eucalyptus Stricta
''Eucalyptus stricta'', commonly known as Blue Mountains mallee ash, is a Mallee (habit), mallee that is Endemism, endemic to eastern New South Wales. It has smooth, mottled bark, often with insect scribbles, linear to lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of seven, white flowers and urn-shaped to barrel-shaped fruit. Description ''Eucalyptus stricta'' is a mallee that typically grows to a height of and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth, mottled pale grey brown and pink bark, often with insect scribbles. Young plants and coppice regrowth have glossy green, lance-shaped leaves that are long and wide. Adult leaves are the same shade of glossy green on both sides, linear to lance-shaped, long and wide, the base tapering to a Petiole (botany), petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf wikt:axil, axils in groups of seven on an unbranched Peduncle (botany), peduncle long, the individual buds on Pedicel (botany), pedicels long. Mature buds are oval to pear-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woodford, New South Wales
Woodford is a village in the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia, about 90 kilometres west of Sydney. Its elevation is above sea level. It is situated on the Great Western Highway and has a railway station (opened in 1868 as Buss's Platform) on the Main Western railway line served by NSW TrainLink's Blue Mountains services. At the , Woodford had a population of 1,934. History and description The site was originally known as Twenty Mile Hollow. In the 1830s an inn called The Woodman was built there. Ten years later the inn became known as the King's Arms, later popularly known as Buss's Inn after 1855. Sydney businessman Alfred Fairfax converted the building into a private home some time later and renamed it Woodford House. The railway station adopted the name Woodford in 1871. Woodford House later became a private boys' school and is now a heritage-listed building. A centenary time capsule was buried at Woodford railway station on 14 December 2002 by Chris Parr, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
