Scribbly Gum
Scribbly gums (Eucalyptus haemastoma) are spectacular Australian trees with smooth, whitish yellow bark. The bark has a prominent feature which was written about in Snuggle Pot & Cuddlepie - strange looking 'scribbles' resembling some form of ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Bark Editors
A pot roast left unguarded. An open bedroom door. An ill-timed squat. Dogs seem to have impeccable timing. Yet how quickly calamity turns to comedy in the company of a dog, and the wrong moment turns out to be just the right one. Dogs have been ... [... more]
Random House |
Rhus (Toxicodendron succedaneum)
Deciduous small tree to 5-8m high with smooth, grey bark. Compound leaves to 10-30cm long with 4-7 pairs of leaflets. There is an unpaired terminal leaflet at the tip of each leaf. Each leaflet has a long tapered tip and a rounded asymmetric ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Lightning Struck Gum
Don looked at a gum tree (Eucalyptus nicholii) that was struck by lightning three weeks ago. The side of the tree that was struck is now completely dead, with a scar of exposed red brown bark from top to bottom. All the electrical equipment in an ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Wood Borers
Don looked at a gum tree with marks all over the trunk, probably caused by the larvae of wood boring insects like longicorn or jewel beetles. They're often found feeding in the phloem region just under the bark, and in severe cases they can ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
Australian Native Foods
Italian marinated vegetables (eg. eggplant, artichokes, olives) For the anti pasta- arrange marinated vegetables on a platter and set aside. Place paper bark into a camp oven, top with oysters and cover with a few more pieces of moistened paper ... [... more]
Australian Womens Weekly |
Box elder (Acer negundo)
A small deciduous tree to about 8m high. Older bark is rough and grey-brown, but new shoots have a waxy white to blue coating. Leaves are compound, with 3-7 leaflets. Flowers are inconspicuous, and are followed by large clusters of drooping green ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Lichens, Mosses, Liverworts and Algae
If you have ever admired the variegated colours and textures on the bark of a tree in an old garden, or the velvety growth on rocks in the bush, or the black glossy scales on pots, then you've been looking at some of the strange plants called ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
African olive (Olea europaea ssp africana )
Tall evergreen shrub or small tree 2-15m high, with smooth grey bark, rougher at the base of large plants. New stems have small lumps called lenticels on the bark. These may be too scattered and small to be readily visible, but they can be felt ... [... more]
Eurobodalla Shire Council |
Topworking of Citrus Trees by Bark Grafting
Citrus growers must constantly introduce new cultivars into their orchards, to satisfy changing consumer demands. To achieve this it is often cheaper to topwork existing trees than to remove a block and replant with nursery trees. The advantage ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Scribbly Gum Moth
The eggs of this moth are laid between the old and new season's bark of gum-barked eucalypt trees. As the larva burrows between the bark layers it leaves a tunnel which is revealed when the old bark falls away. Like all insect larvae, that of ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
Scribbly Gums
Scribbly gums are spectacular Australian trees with smooth, whitish yellow bark. The bark has a prominent feature which puzzles many people - strange looking 'scribbles' resembling some form of mysterious, ancient writing. The zigzag tracks are ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
