ACE Guide to Eucalypts

Melbourne

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

36 eucalypt species 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

Buy Now — $30 AUD

Secure checkout via Stripe. No account needed.

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 leaves of Peppermint (Eucalyptus fulgens) — broad and blue-green, clasping the stem — Juvenile leaf *(E. fulgens)*

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

Identified by bark, fruit, bud, and leaf

The ACE identification method works with what you can see and touch in the field. No need to wait for flowering — bark texture, fruit shape, bud form, and leaf character are present year-round and tell you exactly which species you're looking at.

Melbourne's 36 species — 32 indigenous and 4 introduced — are covered with notes on habitat, where to find them in Melbourne's parks and reserves, and the Aboriginal knowledge and names that connect these trees to Country.

An essential resource for anyone wanting to connect with Melbourne's indigenous eucalypt heritage.

— Eucalypt Australia, Dahl Fellowship Program

Get your copy

$30 AUD + $7.50 postage & handling anywhere in Australia. Pocket-sized softcover, 56 pages.

ISBN 9780645232615 — available to order through any bookshop.

Buy Now — $30 AUD

Secure checkout via Stripe. No account needed.

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.