Eucalyptus acies (Eucalyptus acies)
Description
Eucalyptus acies also known as the Woolbernup mallee is a straggly shrub that is endemic to the Great Southern region of Western Australia. The shrub typically grows to a height of 1.5 to 3 metres (5 to 10 ft).It has grey bark with a smooth surface and pith glands present.The plant produces creamy-white flowers between September and November The adult leaves are thick and coarse 8 to 13 centimetres (3 to 5 in) in length with a lanceolate blade.Starting as a blue dullish green the leaves mature to a glossy green. It has a limited range found from Albany extending eastward along the coast as far east as the Fitzgerald River National Park.It is usually found on hills,such as the Barren Range,or high dunes.Eucalyptus acies is able to grow in skeletal sandy soils on quartzite and granite hills. The species was first formally described by the botanist Ian Brooker in 1972 in his work Four new taxa of Eucalyptus from Western Australia in the journal Nuytsia.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Myrtales
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Family: Myrtaceae
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Genus: Eucalyptus
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