Re: Request of help on some australian plants

Hi Alessandra
Snow gum refers to any eucalyptus which grows in the high cold
mountains, usually Eucalyptus pauciflora or E. niphophila.

Mountain ash usually means Eucalyptus regnans, but I think it can refer
to other species at times. The name "mountain ash" was originally used
by timber getters, and they applied it to the timber rather than the
tree-- long straight grain similar to ash.

Sundew. I think all the Drosera sp are called sundews.

Paperbark. Any shrub or small tree which has bark which peels in thin
layers the way birch (Betula) does. Generically, I'd say it meant
Melaleuca.

Sweet plum. Hm, now we're getting complicated. It really depends on what
area of Australia the book is talking about, because there might be
dozens of species locally called "plum", from Podocarpus spinulosus and
Planchonella australis in Queensland to Cenarrhenes nitida in Tasmania.
I couldn't hazard a guess. It might even be a feral prunus.

White & red apple. There are even more native fruits known as "Something
apple" than the native plums. But my bush tucker book says red apple is
Acmena brachyandra and white apple is Syzygium cormiflorum, for what
it's worth.

Hope this helps. Gay could probably recommend some good books on
Australian plants & gardening, and I know a few, if they would be of
interest to you. They would probably be easier to understand than the
book you have been trying to "translate".

Elizabeth Morgan
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