Red Tingle
Eucalyptus jacksonii
Family Myrtaceae
Walpole giant, Near Threatened
About
One of the tallest and most range-restricted eucalypts on Earth, the red tingle grows only in and around Walpole. Individual trees develop huge buttressed, often fire-hollowed bases and can live for centuries; the species is listed Near Threatened.
How to spot it
Thick, rough, stringy grey-brown to red-brown bark from trunk to smallest branches; large buttressed, often hollow, fire-scarred bases; white flowers in clusters of seven from January to March. Best seen on the Ancient Empire boardwalk and around the Valley of the Giants Tree Top Walk.
Documented on these trails
Found in
- Walpole-Nornalup National Park — Albany & the Great Southern, WA hikes
Source: Wikipedia — Eucalyptus jacksonii
Photo: Gypsy Denise (CC BY-SA 4.0) via Wikimedia Commons