Mountain Ash, Vic Ash, Alpine Ash, Tassie Oak or Messmate depends what school you went to and where you live, confusing as Its really not an ash or oak at all Eucalyptus obliqua is the official name,
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Mountain Ash, Vic Ash, Alpine Ash, Tassie Oak or Messmate depends what school you went to and where you live, confusing as Its really not an ash or oak at all Eucalyptus obliqua is the official name,
No issue with your ID, it could be any of the 'species' you refer to. But the common names you give are a little confusing as you are probably aware. Such is often the case with common names for plants (and animals). Mountain Ash almost invariably only applies to Eucalyptus regnans; ; Alpine Ash to E. delegatensis; and Messmate to E. obliqua. The complexity stems from Vic Ash being a trade name applied to both Mountain Ash and Alpine Ash; and Tassie Oak being a trade name applied to all three (Mountain Ash, Alpine Ash and Messmate).
Cheers
KarlB
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Jerryd or Saitch, do you recognise the picture?
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/attachment...3&d=1354075267
I am of course neither Jerryd nor Saitch, but the image is of Sam Heathwood’s Bullock team carting timber past the now historic Crown Hotel in Dayboro in the early 1920s. A high resolution copy of the image is available here:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...yboro_1923.jpg
Cheers
KarlB
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