List of Eucalypt trees
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This table lists famous individual trees in the genus Eucalyptus.
Tree | Common Name | Species | Location | Approx germination year | Dimensions | Reason for fame |
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Big Foot | Mountain Ash | Eucalyptus regnans | near Geeveston, Tasmania | 1560 | 81 m high, 6.5 m in diameter at base | Unusually large trunk base with buttress roots |
Burke's Burial Tree | Coolibah | Eucalyptus microtheca | Innamincka, South Australia | Site associated with the Burke and Wills expedition. Listed by National Trust South Australia.[1] | ||
Canoe Tree | River Red Gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis | Currency Creek, South Australia | Aboriginal canoe tree. Listed by National Trust South Australia.[2] | ||
Cazneaux's Tree[3] | River Red Gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis | near Wilpena Pound, South Australia | This tree was the subject of an award-winning photograph taken in 1937 by Harold Cazneaux, entitled "Spirit of Endurance". Listed by National Trust South Australia.[3] | ||
The Centurion | Mountain Ash | Eucalyptus regnans | 75 km south of Hobart, Tasmania | 99.6 m tall, 4.05 m in diameter | The world's tallest known living Eucalypt and the tallest tree in Australia | |
Dave Evans Bicentennial Tree | Karri | Eucalyptus diversicolor | near Pemberton, Western Australia | Originally used as a fire-patrol tower, now an attraction which can be climbed by tourists. | ||
Diamond Tree | Karri | Eucalyptus diversicolor | near Manjimup, Western Australia | Originally used as a fire-patrol tower, now an attraction which can be climbed by tourists. | ||
Dig Tree | Coolibah | Eucalyptus coolabah | Cooper Creek in South West Queensland | 1760 | Historic markings in 1861 during the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition. | |
The Four Aces (group of trees) | Karri | Eucalyptus diversicolor | near Manjimup, Western Australia | 1600 | 75 m tall | Four trees in a line, registered by Heritage Council of Western Australia |
Gloucester Tree | Karri | Eucalyptus diversicolor | near Pemberton, Western Australia | 61 m high | Originally used as a fire-patrol tower, now an attraction which can be climbed by tourists. | |
Herbig's Tree[4] | River Red Gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis | near Springton, South Australia | between 1500 and 1700 | 24 m tall, 7 m in diameter at base | Hollow tree used as a home by Johann Friedrich Herbig and his family 1855 to 1860.Listed by National Trust South Australia.[4] |
Icarus Dream | Mountain Ash | Eucalyptus regnans | Tasmania | 97 m tall, 2.9 m in diameter at base | Reputed to be the second tallest living Eucalypt in the world | |
The Old Gum Tree | Red Gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis | Glenelg North, South Australia | unknown, tree now deceased | Site is linked to the Proclamation of South Australia in 1836. | |
Old Jarrah Tree | Jarrah | Eucalyptus marginata | in Armadale, Western Australia | between 1200 and 1600 | Listed by Heritage Council of Western Australia and National Trust of Australia (Western Australia) | |
The Separation Tree | River Red Gum | Eucalyptus camaldulensis | Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne | c. 1600 | 24 m high | Location of celebrations marking the separation of Victoria from New South Wales on 18 November 1850.[5] |
Tree of Knowledge | Ghost Gum | Eucalyptus aparrerinja | in Barcaldine, Queensland | unknown, tree now deceased | Site of foundation of Australian Labor Party by a group of protesting sheep shearers in 1891. | |
Twin Ghost Gums | Ghost Gums | Eucalyptus aparrerinja | road to Hermannsburg, Northern Territory | trees destroyed by fire in 2013 | Subject of the watercolour Twin Ghosts by Albert Namatjira.[6] |
See also
- List of trees
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