#jarrah

[stepping-wolf]

[branchflowerphoto]

jarrah tree blossoms

western australian wildflowers

[mfm-my-favorite-men]

[thearchsorceress]

Dusk bathed highlands

[paperkatt]

I guess I forgot to post this in 2024 when it was completed, but better late than never! These are all the delightful children (+ one old man) of the Undreadful comic. From left to right, Everett Mallus (40s?), Christine Lorens (13), Alexandra Abbott (14), Sammy Book (14), Jarrah Nader (9), and Wren Withers (10)

[drhoz]

#3268 - Eucalyptus marginata ssp. marginata - Jarrah

AKA djarraly in Noongar language and historically as Swan River mahogany. First formally described in 1802 by James Edward Smith, whose description was published in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, that he founded. Smith did not provide an etymology for the specific epithet but did note that, compared to E. robusta "the margin [of the leaves] is more thickened".

Another WA endemic, growing where rainfall exceeds 600ml a year, living for 400 years and reaching heights of 50m and depths of 40. Jarrah forest at the time of European settlement is estimated to have been 2.8 million hectares, and is home to spectacular species diversity. Almost half of our Jarrah forests have been cleared since colonisation. It's also very vulnerable to dieback caused by the oomycete Phytophthora cinnamomi.

Occasional grows as a mallee at the extremes of its range but usually has a single trunk growing from the lignotuber. Mass flowering occurs on a four to six year cycle, with most trees in an area flowering at the same time.

Many locations around Perth, WA.

[nuytsia]

A beautiful old Jarrah tree i met yesterday

[skullmercy]

which art style mlady