Minni ritchi bark on an acacia in the Pilbara region of Western Australia Minni ritchi bark of ''Eucalyptus crucis'' near Wongan Hills Red Mulga

Minni ritchi is a type of reddish-brown

bark Bark may refer to: Common meanings * Bark (botany), an outer layer of a woody plant such as a tree or stick * Bark (sound), a vocalization of some animals (which is commonly the dog) Arts and entertainment * ''Bark'' (Jefferson Airplane album), ...

that continuously peels in small curly flakes, leaving the tree looking like it has a coat of red curly hair. Brooker and Kleinig (1990) formally described it as a bark type in which "the outer rich, red-brown smooth bark splits both longitudinally and horizontally, the free edges rolling back without completely detaching to expose new green bark beneath". A number of species of ''

Acacia ''Acacia'', commonly known as wattles or acacias, is a genus of about of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa, South America, and Austral ...

'' and ''

Eucalyptus ''Eucalyptus'' () is a genus of more than 700 species of flowering plants in the family Myrtaceae. Most species of ''Eucalyptus'' are trees, often Mallee (habit), mallees, and a few are shrubs. Along with several other genera in the tribe Eucalyp ...

'' have minni ritchi bark, including: * '' Acacia curranii'' * '' Acacia cyperophylla'' (creekline miniritchie) * '' Acacia delibrata'' * ''

Acacia gracillima ''Acacia minniritchi'' is a shrub of the genus ''Acacia'' that is native to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Description The shrub or tree typically grows to a maximum height of and has dark red coloured minni ritchi style bark. It h ...

'' * '' Acacia grasbyi'' (miniritchie) * '' Acacia monticola'' * '' Acacia rhodophloia'' * '' Acacia trachycarpa'' * '' Eucalyptus caesia'' (gungurru, 'Silver Princess') * '' Eucalyptus crucis'' (narrow-leaved silver mallee) * '' Eucalyptus minniritchi'' * '' Eucalyptus orbifolia''

References

* {{cite book, author1=Brooker, M.I.H. , author2=Kleinig, D.A. , name-list-style=amp , year=1990, title=Field Guide to Eucalypts, Volume 2: South-western and Southern Australia, publisher=Inkata Press, Melbourne, isbn=0-909605-59-9 Plant morphology Plant common names