| Buffalo Sallee | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Eucalyptus |
| Species: | E. mitchelliana |
| Binomial name | |
| Eucalyptus mitchelliana Cambage |
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The Buffalo Sallee (Eucalyptus mitchelliana) is a small tree, usually with a mallee habit, of the genus Eucalyptus. 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 Snow Gum. [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.