ACE Guide to Eucalypts
Know the trees
around you
A pocket field guide to Melbourne's eucalypt species — identified by bark, fruit, bud, and leaf, photographed in intimate detail.
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An essential resource for anyone wanting to connect with Melbourne's indigenous eucalypt heritage.
This book is really first class. The text is so well written and covers all the important topics that are often overlooked, like evolution, habitat values, and uses by first peoples. The photos are beautiful, diagnostic, and very useful for identification.
Identified by bark, fruit, bud, and leaf
The ACE method works year-round, using bark texture, fruit shape, bud form, and leaf character — characteristics that are always there, always touchable.
No botanical training required. Each guide walks you through the method step by step, with photography precise enough to compare against what's in front of you.
Acknowledgment of Country
The eucalypts in this guide grow on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong/Boon Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation. These trees have been known, named, and cared for by Aboriginal people for tens of thousands of years. We pay our respects to Elders past, present, and emerging, and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.