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"Woodanilling Eucalyptus salmonophloia, commonly known as salmon gum, wurak or weerluk, is species of small to medium-sized tree that is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth bark, narrow lance-shaped to curved adult leaves, flower buds in groups of between nine and thirteen, creamy white flowers and hemispherical fruit. Description Eucalyptus salmonophloia is a tree that typically grows to a height of but does not form a lignotuber. It has smooth pale grey bark that is shed in flakes to reveal salmon-coloured new bark in summer. Young plants have dull green, egg-shaped to broadly lance- shaped leaves that are long and wide and petiolate. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, the same shade of glossy green on both sides, narrow lance-shaped to curved, long and wide, tapering to a petiole long. The flower buds are arranged in leaf axils in groups of between nine and thirteen on an unbranched peduncle long, the individual buds on pedicels long. Mature buds are oval to spherical, long and wide. Flowering occurs from August to December and the flowers are creamy white. The fruit is a woody, hemispherical capsule long and wide with the valves protruding but fragile. The capsules usually remain in place until the following summer or longer, each capsule containing about 600 viable seeds per gram. Eucalyptus salmonophloia looks much like E. salicola, both having a similar habit and salmon-coloured bark, however, E. salmonophloia is differentiated by its egg-shaped to lance-shaped juvenile leaves and spherical buds. Eucalyptus salicola is also able to tolerate a saline habitat. Taxonomy and naming Eucalyptus salmonophloia was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1878 in his book Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae, from samples collected by Ernest Giles from near Victoria Springs. The specific epithet refers to the salmon-coloured bark. The Noongar peoples know the tree as wurak or weerluk. Distribution and habitat Found in large woodland communities, E. salmonophloia is found in the southern Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance region of Western Australia. In western areas there are remnant populations, extending from the York and Northam areas, south to around Jerramungup mostly as a result of agricultural practices. Eastern occurrences are far less disturbed and extend as far east as Cundeelee to the north around Mt Gibson area and south to around Salmon Gums. The tree usually dominates these communities forming a sparse upper canopy. Found growing in broad valleys, plain and low hills in areas that receive as little as of rain per year it grows in alkaline loamy soils red clay loam or clay and red sandy soils often with gravel. It is found in granite soils in western areas and calcerous soils in eastern areas. Associated species include Eucalyptus salubris, Eucalyptus longicornis, Eucalyptus wandoo and Eucalyptus loxophleba subsp. loxophleba in the overstorey and a huge variety of species in the understorey including Acacia erinacea, Templetonia sulcata, Melaleuca acuminata, Santalum acuminatum, Sclerolaena diacantha, Rhagodia drummondii, Austrostipa trichophylla and Calandrinia calyptrata. Ecology This species of Eucalypt is known to have a life span of over 150 years. Uses The timber produced by E. salmonophloia is noted for its durability and is used to make railway sleepers and mining shaft supports. Historically, the mining industry cut down the tree to use for construction and as a fuel source, and along with two acacia species is credited with allowing the development of the goldfields. The state's forest department (1922) promoted the high density of timber as the second strongest in Australia. It is still commonly used for wood fires and makes excellent firewood. It is an excellent species for rehabilitation areas and for areas requiring soil stabilization as it is drought tolerant, frost resistant, fast growing and able to grow in poor soils. The heartwood of the tree is fine-textured, dense with a reddish to dark red-brown colour and has considerable potential for use in high value furniture, flooring, panelling, craftwood and in musical instruments such as flute headpoints. Craftsmen rate the wood as good for turning, machinability, boring, screwholding, stability, sanding, gluing and finishing. Honey flow for apiculture is reported from December to March. The density of green wood is about 1160 kg/m3 with an air- dried density about 1040 kg/m3. Gallery Salmon Gum in Primer of Forestry Poole 1922.pnglarge specimen with man at right on roadside, circa 1920 Bulletin (1921) (20234734130).jpgdual trees dispaying habit, c. 1920 Eucalyptus salmonophloia.jpgEucalyptus salmonophloia in Australia COO Lake Hope 3 Norseman V-2012.JPGSalmon gums around Lake Hope Norseman Salmon gum woodland.jpgSalmon gum woodland References salmonophloia Myrtales of Australia Plants described in 1878 Eucalypts of Western Australia Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller "
"Eudonia lacustrata is a species of moth of the family Crambidae described by Georg Wolfgang Franz Panzer in 1804. It is found in Europe, north-west Africa, Asia from Turkey, Iran and Syria, 2012: One new species of the genus Eudonia Billberg (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 34 (2): 267-269. to Siberia and the western part of China (Hunan). The subspecies E. lacustrata persica is found in Iran and Armenia. The wingspan is 16–18 mm. The moth flies from May to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on various mosses. References External links * Waarneming.nl * Lepidoptera of Belgium * Eudonia lacustrata at UKMoths Scopariinae Moths of Europe Moths described in 1804 "
"Eudonia mercurella is a species of moth of the family Crambidae. It is found in Europe, western China, Iran, Lebanon, Turkey, and north-western Africa., 2012: One new species of the genus Eudonia Billberg (Lepidoptera: Crambidae: Scopariinae) from China. Entomotaxonomia 34 (2): 267–269. The wingspan is 16–19 mm. The moth flies from June to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on various mosses. Phalaena mercurella described by Zetterstedt in 1839 was actually Eudonia murana. References External links * waarneming.nl * Lepidoptera of Belgium * Eudonia mercurella at UKmoths Scopariinae Moths described in 1758 Moths of Africa Moths of Asia Moths of Europe Moths of Turkey Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus "