Toona ciliata
Red Cedar at Upper Lansdowne, NSW
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| Toona ciliata | 12 May 2025 | Tapirlord | ||
| Toona ciliata | 12 May 2025 | Purschy |
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4 comments
JasonPStewart
wrote:
13 May 2025
@Purschy (and CC:@Tapirlord ) I like respecting your authorial identification,
in that sense i ask if you've information available to confirm this identification _Toona_ciliata_ ;
contrasted with an alternative hypothesis i openly offer here as a test here towards confirming _Toona_ciliata_, based merely on what is visible in this single photograph, of thus visually plausibly: _Dysoxylum_fraserianum_ ?
Does this tree have deciduousness –loosing all its leaves in a harsh season? A simplest example way, to rule out _Dysoxylum_fraserianum_ .
Quite usual for _Toona_ciliata_ to loose all its leaves in a harsh season.
Quite unusual for _Dysoxylum_fraserianum_ to loose all its leaves, even in a harsh season.
Ref' (in brief, without full citations):
• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=fm&name=Meliaceae
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Toona~ciliata
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Dysoxylum
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dysoxylum~fraserianum
.
in that sense i ask if you've information available to confirm this identification _Toona_ciliata_ ;
contrasted with an alternative hypothesis i openly offer here as a test here towards confirming _Toona_ciliata_, based merely on what is visible in this single photograph, of thus visually plausibly: _Dysoxylum_fraserianum_ ?
Does this tree have deciduousness –loosing all its leaves in a harsh season? A simplest example way, to rule out _Dysoxylum_fraserianum_ .
Quite usual for _Toona_ciliata_ to loose all its leaves in a harsh season.
Quite unusual for _Dysoxylum_fraserianum_ to loose all its leaves, even in a harsh season.
Ref' (in brief, without full citations):
• Flora of NSW online PlantNet:
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=fm&name=Meliaceae
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Toona~ciliata
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Dysoxylum
https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Dysoxylum~fraserianum
.
Purschy
wrote:
13 May 2025
Hi, thank you for that thoughtful comment. There is Dysoxylon fraseranum nearby, but I can confirm that one is Toona ciliata. Sorry it isn't a super clear photo but I know that tree is one of a very few that was planted in this regeneration area, almost all the rest of the area, and the rest of the property, we are managing with natural regeneration techniques. Apologies again for not specifying that - I realise now I neglected to hit the "planted" button when I uploaded. There are also a couple of fairly large (about 20 metres) naturally occurring red cedars further down the valley, and probably hundreds of seedlings coming up, possibly triggered by a fire that came through in Black Summer, I think on 13/11/2019.
Cheers, Alan
Cheers, Alan
JasonPStewart
wrote:
13 May 2025
Alright !!! :)
Please photograph and add some sightings here of some of these mentioned wild occurring trees and saplings, as well .
Please photograph and add some sightings here of some of these mentioned wild occurring trees and saplings, as well .
Purschy
wrote:
14 May 2025
Will do! Might be a little while, the 4WD track down there is a bit wet right now..
Location information
- Coordinates 152.427589-31.677300
- Altitude 344.0m
- Places Upper Lansdowne, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 8 May 2025 02:20 PM Recorded on
- Purschy Recorded by
- Less than 50cm Circumference of trunk
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Species information
- Toona ciliata Scientific name
- Red Cedar Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 344m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Toona australis
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Was the plant in flower?
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