Cover of the ACE Guide to Eucalypts Melbourne — eucalypt bark peeling in layers of grey, white, and rust

36 eucalypt species, one compact book.

Name: ACE Guide to Eucalypts Melbourne
Price: 30 AUD
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ISBN: 9780645232615

The eucalypts of greater Melbourne — identified by bark, fruit, bud, and leaf, photographed in intimate detail.

Vicky Shukuroglou & Rod Fensham · Softcover, 56 pp · $30 AUD + $7.50 postage & handling

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Every page is a work of art

High-resolution photography of bark, leaves, buds, and fruit — laid out so you can make an identification in the field.

Full page spread from the ACE Guide to Eucalypts Melbourne showing the book's visual layout

Interior spread from the ACE Guide showing species photography on a dark background

Interior spread from the ACE Guide showing bark, fruit, bud, and leaf identification details

Each species, fully documented

Bark, bud, fruit, and leaf — all the characteristics you need to confirm an identification, together on one page.

Ribbony bark of Yellow Box (Eucalyptus melliodora) peeling in warm ochre and grey strips — Yellow Box bark *(E. melliodora)*

Fruit capsules of River Red Gum (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) — small woody cups in a cluster — River Red Gum fruit *(E. camaldulensis)*

Bud of Long-leafed Box (Eucalyptus goniocalyx) — a ribbed cap on a slender pedicel — Long-leafed Box bud *(E. goniocalyx)*

Photographed with care

Vicky Shukuroglou's original photography captures the textures and forms of Melbourne's eucalypts — bark you can almost feel, buds you could hold in your palm.

Clustered buds of White Stringybark (Eucalyptus globoidea) — pale green and intricate — White Stringybark buds *(E. globoidea)*

Juvenile leaf of Long-leafed Box (Eucalyptus goniocalyx) — broad and softly veined — Juvenile leaf *(E. goniocalyx)*

Long woody fruit of Red Stringybark (Eucalyptus macrorhynca) — elongated and ribbed — Red Stringybark fruit *(E. macrorhynca)*

Identified by bark, fruit, bud, and leaf

The guide's identification method works with what you can see and touch in the field. Bark texture, fruit shape, bud form, and leaf character are combined to tell you which species you're looking at.

Melbourne's species — 32 indigenous and 4 of the introduced — each have a profile page with life size photos. Accompanying maps and notes with details about distinguishing features, habitat, parks and reserves, help paint a clearer picture.

Vicky is an extremely knowledgeable, kind and generous educator. She explains the somewhat daunting (but exciting) task of eucalypt identification in a very accessible way, particularly with the help of her fantastic guide, ACE Guide to Eucalypts Melbourne. She clearly has a genuine love for eucalypts and made the day fun as well as informative. I highly recommend attending any events that she is facilitating.

— Bess Smallwood, walk participant

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Acknowledgment of Country

The eucalypts in this guide grow on the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung, Bunurong/Boon Wurrung and Wadawurrung/Wathaurong peoples of the Eastern Kulin Nation. These trees and their connected environments have been known, named, and cared for by Aboriginal people for tens of thousands of years. We pay our respects to Elders and all communities in care of Country. We acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.