Eucalyptus mitchelliana

Eucalyptus mitchelliana (Buffalo sallee)
Detail of bark, leaves, buds, and fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Myrtales
Family:	Myrtaceae
Genus:	Eucalyptus
Species:	E. mitchelliana
Binomial name
Eucalyptus mitchelliana Cambage

Eucalyptus mitchelliana (Buffalo sallee) is a small flowering tree, usually with a mallee habit, in the family Myrtaceae. It is endemic to the subalpine zone of Mount Buffalo in Victoria, Australia, where it is usually found in pure stands, or co-occurring with the snow gum, Eucalyptus pauciflora.^[1][2]

The bark of Eucalyptus mitchelliana is smooth and grey to light grey or sometimes green, shedding in patches or strips to give a mottled appearance. The adult leaves are usually narrowly lanceolate and bright-green, around 15 cm long. The buds are usually in 7s, in very tight clusters with very short, almost invisible, peduncles, and with a pointed operculum. The overall appearance is somewhat similar to Eucalyptus stellulata, except that the leaves are much narrower and bright green, and with red petioles.

References

1. Lawler, S., S. Brown, G. Edney, S. Howlett and P. Love (1998). Buffalo Sallee at the Back Wall: an alpine species adapted to fire and drought. Vic. Nat. 115: 204-208.
2. Lawler, S., J. Burston, B. Cockayne, N. Smedley and P. Massingham (1997). Environmental determinants of the distribution of the Buffalo Sallee Eucalyptus mitchelliana. Vic. Nat. 114: 278-281.

See also

Leaves of the Buffalo sallee at Bents Lookout, Mt Buffalo

• Eucalyptus pauciflora, the snow gum
• Eucalyptus delegatensis, the alpine ash